The Chinese communist regime is the greatest threat to the United States, according to Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), who urged Congress to pass a bill barring the exports of critical technology to China. “Our number one strategic threat to our sovereignty and security and prosperity is China,” Green said during an April 6 talk at the Hudson Institute, a Washington-based think tank. Green said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was engaged in an “overt campaign of stealing,” and was systematically thieving national security and intellectual property (IP) secrets from the United States. When it could not steal outright, he said, the regime worked to coopt students and American universities in order to gain access to emerging research. “This is a committed enemy, or committed competitor at a minimum,” Green said. The Department of Justice has unsealed several high-profile espionage cases in recent weeks against alleged agents of the Chinese …