CCP Operates ‘Massive Spy Ring’ in US Research Institutes, Top Republican Warns

U.S. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) warned on Feb. 12 that China is stealing intellectual property and operating “a massive spy ring” within institutions across the United States as he denounced the Biden administration for failing to take a tougher stance on that country’s communist regime.
During an appearance on ABC News’s “This Week,” Comer labeled the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as “a problem,” arguing that the regime continues to steal “hard-earned research and development.”
“They continue to steal our patents. They manipulate their currency,” he said. “We believe they have a big footprint in academia with a massive spy ring within our research universities where they continue to steal our hard-earned research and development.”…}