House Republicans on Tuesday were taking several steps aimed at reining in China's economic and scientific prowess, as well as warding off the threat of a Taiwan invasion.
returned from their President’s Day break with their eyes trained on China, and on Tuesday were set to hold several hearings and advance dozens of bills addressing China’s economic and scientific prowess, its role in the spread of COVID, and its posture toward Taiwan.comes as bilateral tensions continue to boil over in the wake of a new government finding that COVID-19 was most likely the result of a lab leak in Wuhan, China, and the recent shootdown of a Chinese spy balloon over U.S. territory.
House Republicans, led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., were taking several steps on Tuesday to fight back against China's growing global influence. At the same time, the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology was preparing to hear from scientific experts on"The United States, China and the Fight for Global Leadership."
In the afternoon, the House Foreign Affairs committee will vote on five more bills aimed directly at China. Those bills are aimed at holding China accountable for the spy balloon incident, updating the government’s guidelines for defending Taiwan, boosting funding to counter China’s influence in third countries, adjusting U.S. trade policy toward China, and demanding China’s release of U.S. businessman Mark Swidan, who has been held for a decade.
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