Washington, March 21 -- John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on China wrote to the presidents of Purdue University, Stanford University, the University of Illinois, the University of Maryland, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Southern California, according to a report by the Select Committee on CCP (SCCCP).

According to SCCCP, the letter questioned their participation in federally supported research and asked for details on each of their rules and procedures pertaining to the enrollment of Chinese national students in advanced STEM programs.

According to the SCCCP report, the letter emphasizes the growing threats posed by China's calculated attempts to use American institutions for military and scientific breakthroughs. Am...