House Select Committee on China Releases Report on China's Manufacturing Practices
The House Select Committee on China, led by Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Ro Khanna (D-CA), has released a bipartisan report titled 'Rigging the Game: How China Undermined Western Manufacturing and Helped Hollow Out American Industry.' The report details China's state-directed economic system, which aims to concentrate capital, resources, technology, and global market share in strategically important industries. It highlights China's 'whole-of-society effort' to dominate specific global industries through interlocking measures designed to accelerate growth. The report includes case studies on the biomanufacturing, aerospace, semiconductor, and machine tool industries, illustrating the consequences of American deindustrialization. According to the committee, China seeks to make the world dependent on Chinese manufacturing while simultaneously reducing its own reliance on foreign supply chains. The report emphasizes that China's deliberate central planning system has been instrumental in ...
