@committeeonccp - Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party
โThereโs a Chinese company [@Gotion48660] building an EV battery plant in my district โ they plan to bring 15-20 Chinese nationals to Michiganโฆ
What are the odds [they] engage in espionage?โ-@RepMoolenaar
โI donโt think thereโs any question.โ - Fmr. Defense Sec. Panetta https://t.co/VkrMJOohWO
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A Chinese company is planning to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan and intends to bring 20 to 50 Chinese nationals to the United States. Concerns are raised about the potential for espionage by these individuals on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party. It is believed that the Chinese government will exploit this opportunity to gather intelligence and gain economic advantages that are contrary to the interests of the United States. It is crucial to use intelligence capabilities to monitor their activities and protect national security. The construction of these plants is seen as a significant threat and should not proceed.
Speaker 0: Appreciate your service. There is a Chinese company building an electric vehicle battery plant in my district. As part of the project, they plan to bring 20 to 50 Chinese nationals to Michigan. What do you feel are the odds of those nationals may engage in espionage for the CCP while they're in the United States. I know you've both been involved And looking at these kinds of things, secretary Pompeo, you were, issuing work visas to Chinese nationals as part of the state department.
I wondered if you'd both
Speaker 1: comment on that? Look, I don't think there's any question that they're going to take advantage of that situation and I think we have to be very Vigilant about what the hell is going on. That's just the way they operate. They will they'll they'll They'll establish, a manufacturing unit. They'll establish whatever they can and then they will use that For their own intelligence purposes, they will use that for their own economic purposes.
They'll use it, to be able to gain The kind of advantages that they want that are counter, frankly, to the interest of the United States. I think it it is very important In those situations, to make sure that we are that the United States And that our intelligence capabilities are being used to make sure that we know what they are doing that could hurt the United States.
Speaker 2: I I think it is worse than the fact that they will engage in espionage. I think that's just top of the list. They will use this in ways that, will leverage Chinese advantage. These these plants are are deeply dangerous to our national security and ought not be built.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And
