It also said Berkeley faculty serving at the institute had received funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other U.S. funding for the development of military applications, raising concerns about Chinese access to those experts. In October, the United States set significant limits on the type of advanced semiconductor technology that could be shared with Chinese entities, saying the activity posed a national security threat. “Berkeley’s P.R.C.-backed collaboration with Tsinghua University raises many red flags,” the letter said, referring to the People’s Republic of China. In a statement to The New York Times, U.C. Berkeley said it took concerns about national security “very seriously" and was committed to comprehensive compliance with laws governing international academic engagement.

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Persons: Berkeley’s, Mike Gallagher, Virginia Foxx, Berkeley Organizations: Berkeley, Defense, Research Projects Agency, Tsinghua, Berkeley Shenzhen Institute, Tsinghua University, Wisconsin Republican, Republican, New York Times Locations: Shenzhen, China, United States, People’s Republic of China, Wisconsin, North Carolina, U.C