Commentary
Republicans and Democrats don’t agree on much. However, when the idea of a special House committee designed to focus on China was put forward, it received bipartisan support.
That’s because concerns over communist China’s influence on and in the United States are at an all-time high. NBC News reported last year that Chinese spying in the United States is now so prevalent that the FBI launches an average of two counterintelligence investigations every 24 hours to counter the threat. Speaking to NBC, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that no country “presents a broader, more severe threat to our innovation, our ideas and our economic security than China does,” adding that Beijing’s espionage tactics have reached a new level that is “more brazen” and “more damaging than ever before.”…