Hours after Mbappé's apology, the US House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party issued a statement on X, saying that Mbappé should not apologize for calling Mao Zedong a dictator, and stating that "Mao Zedong was indeed a dictator" and that the harm done to the Chinese people was far more serious than the remarks of a football player.
According to a report by Representative Moolenaar, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and others, COSCO Shipping has maintained a decades-long espionage partnership with the Chinese Communist Party. The report states that its cargo ships are suspected of using concealed equipment near the U.S. coast to intercept military communications, posing a serious counterintelligence threat to the United States.
On October 15, 2026 Beijing time, John Moolenaar, Chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, wrote to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, urging the Department of Defense to expand the Section 1286 list. The proposal aims to bring 14 institutes under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 62 Chinese laboratories, 58 universities, 22 foreign malign talent programs, and other related entities within the scope of sanctions, in order to strengthen technology and security controls on China.
On October 14, 2026, the U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP issued a formal statement noting that recent espionage cases across the U.S. highlight the threat posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its brazen transnational repression, reaffirming its commitment to exposing the CCP's schemes to suppress dissidents and infiltrate institutions. On the same day, Bill Essayli, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, warned in an interview with Fox News that CCP espionage activities are "extremely rampant and playing the long game" across the U.S. He cited major cases including the interstate stalking of Lai Ching-te's family, a former mayor acting as an unregistered foreign agent, and the smuggling of $300 million in chips, emphasizing that federal agencies are working to dismantle domestic spy networks.
On October 14, 2026, John Moolenaar, Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, sent a letter to the Pentagon urging the expansion of the list of military-linked entities under Section 1286 of the National Defense Authorization Act. The letter calls for the inclusion of 14 Chinese Academy of Sciences institutes, 62 key Chinese and defense laboratories, 58 universities co-built or supported by the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, 22 foreign malicious talent programs, and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) along with its scholars. The committee also demands a comprehensive ban on any scholars receiving CSC funding from participating in Pentagon-funded research projects.
According to a post from the official account ChinaSelect of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee, the committee released a new report on October 14, 2026, aimed at exposing weaknesses in the arguments against strengthening research security. Based on federal investigations and law enforcement actions, the report details in detail the risks that undisclosed foreign affiliations, financial ties, and disclosure issues pose to research security.
Moolenaar, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, released a report calling for stronger security vetting of taxpayer-funded research projects to prevent China from obtaining the results.
A recent investigation by the U.S. House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (Select Committee) found that the brokerage firm Webull Global was not transparent about its ties to China, exposing U.S. investors' financial data to the risk of surveillance. The committee noted that the Chinese Communist Party is exploiting U.S. financial data and markets.
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released a bipartisan investigative report titled "Free Trades, Hidden Ties: Exposing Webull's China Links" (《自由贸易，隐秘联系：揭露富途证券的中国关联》). The report states that the stock brokerage platform exposes the personal data of U.S. investors to China's surveillance risks, and it details the platform's ties with Chinese parties.
On October 2, the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party issued a statement saying that NASA has suspended 40 ongoing research grants, totaling more than $40 million, to review whether bilateral research cooperation on related projects with Chinese institutions violates the Wolf Amendment, and has initiated enforcement proceedings, establishing mechanisms for violation investigations and possible referral to the Department of Justice.
U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar and other lawmakers introduced a resolution to mark the 8th anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Dr. Gulshan Abbas and called on China to release her immediately and unconditionally.
Members of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party questioned Ford Motor over its cooperation with Chinese companies such as Geely and CATL, expressing concern that such cooperation helps CCP enterprises expand in the United States and globally and harms U.S. security; Ford responded.
The House Select Committee on the CCP and the Committee on Education and the Workforce released an investigative report accusing Harvard University of having vulnerabilities in protecting research findings and national security.
The U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the Committee on Education and the Workforce released a report stating that Harvard University had problems in research collaboration, training programs, and foreign funding disclosures; Harvard disagrees with some of the descriptions in the report.
The U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP has requested five pharmaceutical companies to submit detailed information on their clinical trials conducted in China by July 17th.