A U.S. congressional committee on China has asked leading research university Georgia Institute of Technology to detail its collaboration with a Chinese university facing U.S. government restrictions due to its alleged ties to the country's military.
The U.S. and China, in the midst of an intense geopolitical and scientific rivalry, both view semiconductors as a strategic industry with civilian and military uses, including quantum computing and advanced weapons systems. A spokesperson from Georgia Tech said it welcomed the congressional inquiry, but that GTRI 'does not have a collaboration, research partnerships, or provide any funding to Tianjin University.