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Josh Hawley: “The Chinese government has tried to use Chinese…”

Featuring: Josh Hawley, Republican | U.S. Senate Missouri

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Senator Hawley On "Special Report with Bret Baier" | 02.04.26

Published | Video Starts at 03:37

On our university campuses, for example, to try to get access to top research, they've stood up institutes like the Confucius Institutes on our campuses that The Chinese government has tried to use Chinese nationals...to try to get access to top research. This is a pattern that we've seen. We need to be mindful of this and we need to be on guard against CCP efforts to infiltrate and influence us here at home. (03:37–03:47)

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Asserts that the Chinese government uses nationals to access research.

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