US committee probes Georgia university’s alleged ties to Chinese military [Video]

• The U.S. congressional committee on China has directed the Georgia Institute of Technology to provide details of its collaboration with Tianjin University.
• Tianjin University is a Chinese institution facing U.S. government restrictions due to alleged ties to the country’s military.
• Tianjin University was added to the Commerce Department’s export restrictions list in 2020 for actions against U.S. national security.

A U.S. congressional committee on China has asked leading research university Georgia Institute of Technology to detail its collaboration with a Chinese university facing U.S. government restrictions due to its alleged ties to the country’s military.

Georgia Tech partnered with China’s northeastern Tianjin University on cutting edge technologies despite its documented ties to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), John Moolenaar, the new Republican chairman of the House of Representatives’ select committee on China, wrote in …