A bipartisan effort in Congress is underway to address concerns surrounding Chinese biotech firms and their alleged affiliations with the Chinese military. Lawmakers, including top Republicans and Democrats from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, are urging the Biden administration to add seven Chinese biotech companies, including BGI, Innomics, STOmics, and Origincell, to a Pentagon list of firms suspected of working with Beijing's military. The push comes amid allegations that BGI has attempted to circumvent regulatory and political scrutiny by establishing subsidiaries in the US. The targeted companies have denied any affiliation with the Chinese military, sparking a debate on the matter.
Lawmakers want to add more Chinese biotechs to defense list. That and more in The Readout newsletter. https://t.co/ehBsl9z3T3
The top Republican and the Democrat on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (#CCP) are calling on the Biden administration to add seven Chinese #biotech firms to a #Pentagon list of “Chinese military companies.” https://t.co/qtplFbNISg
Members of Congress are asking the Biden administration to add seven more Chinese biotechs to a list of companies suspected of working with Beijing’s military, including Innomics, STOmics, Origincell, and… https://t.co/GeSS9Je1E9
Congress' China hawks seek to add Innomics and STOmics biotech suppliers to Pentagon warning list. $XBI https://t.co/s5IFpROWMw
House Select Committee on China targets more biotechs; companies push back, denying affiliation with Chinese military. https://t.co/u8QYmUBtdf
Lawmakers in Congress are alleging that the Chinese genomics giant BGI set up subsidiaries in the US to try and avoid regulatory and political scrutiny, and in a letter pushed for those subsidiaries to be added to a Pentagon list of firms that allegedly work with the Chinese…
Lawmakers urge Biden to call out more Chinese biotech firms https://t.co/a8bM0ceWNa https://t.co/77X9BZfkQm
⚠️ LAWMAKERS URGE BIDEN TO CALL OUT MORE CHINESE BIOTECH FIRMS Full Story → https://t.co/l6zdqf4hyu A Republican and a Democratic member of Congress are calling on the Biden administration to add seven Chinese biotech firms to a list created by the Defense Department to…
For weeks, Congress has debated legislation that would effectively ban a handful of Chinese life sciences companies from doing business in the U.S., driven by concerns that they might misuse… https://t.co/ZmxR6cELd3
I visited BGI's headquarters in Shenzhen, China. The world's largest genome research company, with ~20,000 employees, they make DNA sequencers (increasingly nanopores) and synthesize DNA, too. This facility sequences 6,000 TB of genomic data per day. https://t.co/amQoGHV5Lo