As China becomes America’s military manufacturing hub, Russia has begun sharing whatever top-secret information it has about America’s military with China. A report from a think tank group called Govini reveals China is becoming a larger presence in the U.S. defense industry. For instance, China supplies America’s military with 40 percent of her semiconductors.
Representatives John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), the chair and ranking member of the House Select Committee on China, want answers from the Biden administration about what U.S. military “secrets” have been passed on from Russia to China given the nature of their closer relationship.
Specifically, they want to have “an assessment regarding information Russia has gained about the capabilities of U.S. weapons provided to Ukraine and the degree to which this information has been shared with the People’s Republic of China…”
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(WND News Center) — A new report details how deep the People’s Republic of China has embedded itself within the U.S. supply chain, especially for military machinery. While U.S. lawmakers have been calling for an end to this for some years, China’s domination continues unabated.
According to the report, China’s presence in the U.S. supply chain has been steadily rising for the better part of almost 20 years. From 2005 to 2023, Chinese manufacturers in the U.S. supply chain have grown from around 12,000 to almost 45,000.
The use of forced labor and dangerous working conditions gives China the ability to quickly churn out products, while keeping cost savings at a premium.
Between 2014 and 2023, the data presents a concerning trend of China outpacing U.S. supply chains across almost all industries, by 1,800 percent in some instances – including electronics, transportation, materials and chemicals, and industrial equipment.
A large number of Chinese semiconductors are used in critical military platforms, accounting for around 40 percent of all U.S. Department of Defense weapons systems and infrastructure, and are further linked to military supply chains such as Patriot air-defense missiles and B-2 bombers.
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A bipartisan duo of lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to produce an assessment of the information Russia has obtained about U.S. military capabilities and the extent to which it has shared this intelligence with China.
Reps. John Moolenaar (R., Mich.) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D., Ill.), the chair and ranking member of the House Select Committee on China, instructed the White House on Monday to provide them “an assessment regarding information Russia has gained about the capabilities of U.S. weapons provided to Ukraine and the degree to which this information has been shared with the People’s Republic of China (‘PRC’) as part of their bilateral ‘no limits’ partnership,” according to a copy of the letter.
China serves as a key ally to Russia amid its ongoing war in Ukraine and has helped Moscow replenish its weapons supplies and other offensive capabilities. This support is not free, the lawmakers say, and “we should anticipate and indeed operate under the assumption that Russia is passing information about vulnerabilities or counters to American and allied weapons systems to the PRC.” Intelligence sharing between China and Russia could help both nations counter the American military should war break out in the Asia-Pacific region—where Beijing has long threatened to invade Taiwan—or expand in Europe.
On the heels of a major NATO conference last week in Washington, D.C., the lawmakers remain concerned that Chinese aid is the primary reason Russia has been able to sustain its assault on Ukraine for so long, support that has come with little pushback from the international community.
“As the United States and our NATO allies described this week, the PRC has become a ‘decisive enabler’ of the Russian war in Ukraine. As one administration official has disclosed, the PRC is ‘90 percent of the reason’ Russia has been able to sustain its war effort and economy, particularly in the face of western sanctions,” the lawmakers write. “The PRC has provided Russia with significant amounts of microelectronics, dual-use equipment, imagery, and other tools to support its war machine, in addition to helping improve satellite and other space-based capabilities.”
