Posted on 10/14/2025 10:07:44 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — For many years, American and Chinese scholars worked shoulder to shoulder on cutting-edge technologies through open research, where findings are freely shared and accessible to all. But that openness, a long-standing practice celebrated for advancing knowledge, is raising alarms among some U.S. lawmakers.
They are worried that China — now considered the most formidable challenger to American military dominance — is taking advantage of open research to catch up with the U.S. on military technology and even gain an edge. And they are calling for action.
“For far too long, our adversaries have exploited American colleges and universities to advance their interests, while risking our national security and innovation,” said Sen. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican and chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. He has introduced legislation to put new restrictions on federally funded research collaboration with academics at several Chinese institutions that work with the Chinese military, as well as institutions in other countries deemed adversarial to U.S. interests.
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party makes it a priority to protect American research, having accused Beijing of weaponizing open research by converting it into a “pipeline of foreign talent and military modernization.”
The rising concerns on Capitol Hill threaten to unravel deep, two-generations-old academic ties between the countries even as the world’s two largest economies are moving away from each other through tariffs and trade barriers. The relationship has shifted from engagement to competition, if not outright enmity.
“Foreign adversaries are increasingly exploiting the open and collaborative environment of U.S. academic institutions for their own gain,” said James Cangialosi, director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, which in August issued a bulletin urging universities to do more to protect research from foreign meddling.
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Open research is whatever China can take back to China without paying royalties on whatever is developed.
‘Open Research’ means WE come up with the idea. WE fund the research. WE avoid all the .Gov red tape and hippie/environmentalist interference by shipping all innovations to CHINA. CHINA ownz our sh!t.
One word answer follows, for the legislative reps..
DUH
We do not hate Congress enough.
this is why they’ve got our most of our military tech
Sure, US comes up with ideas and China steals the same technology from the US. Yeah, that relationship has been working quite well for the Chicoms.
China and the US have long collaborated in ‘open research.
Like biolabs to create virus’s.
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