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John Moolenaar: “China is a surveillance state.”

Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) on China, National Security & Competition with Beijing | 535

Published | Video Starts at 01:01

Tell me a little bit more about that. Well, the reality is that Chinese EVs are rolling data collection devices. And we've seen this where more information is collected. China is a surveillance state. So they monitor all this. They hack into our infrastructure. And there are national security risks that also in addition to some of the unfair trade practices we've seen in … (01:01–01:04)

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