Energy Department Funded Chinese Defense, Quantum Research, Lawmakers Find

Lawmakers and researchers sound the alarm on the academic loophole that enables the sharing of sensitive research with China.

This undated file aerial view shows the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. The Albuquerque Journal via AP

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded research done in collaboration with Chinese researchers and institutes linked to China’s defense research and industrial complex, according to a congressional report published Dec. 17.

Lawmakers with the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence are calling on the federal agency to improve due diligence.