US NASA Suspends $40 Million in China-Related Grant Projects Over Security Concerns
NASA strengthens enforcement of the Wolf Amendment based on a House report, suspending 40 grant projects involving cooperation with China totaling $40 million.
NASA strengthens enforcement of the Wolf Amendment based on a House report, suspending 40 grant projects involving cooperation with China totaling $40 million.
House Select Committee on the CCP Chair Moolenaar praised NASA for stepping up enforcement of the Wolf Amendment and for suspending more than 40 grant programs totaling $40 million.
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.
A Taiwan-born NASA astronaut visited Taiwan as part of the Freedom 250 project, revisiting the place where he was born and raised, and paying attention to the ties between Taiwan and the United States.