US China Committee Subpoenas Chinese Telecom Giants Over American IP, Data Funneling Concerns

A security surveillance camera overlooking a street is pictured next to a nearby fluttering flag of China in Beijing. (Credit: Reuters)

KEY POINTS

• The Committee sent letters to China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicorn Wednesday
• Lawmakers want their full cooperation on an investigation into their alleged access to U.S. IP and Americans' cloud data
• The Committee previously raised issue with Beijing's alleged monitoring of Uyghur Muslims using high-end chips
• Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has also been accused of covertly providing American data to the CCP

In a rare moment for a U.S. congressional body, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on China exercised subpoena powers in a bipartisan effort to compel three Chinese telecom giants to answer questions related to security concerns.