The heads of two House committees have written a letter to the president of Duke University advising the North Carolina school to end its partnership with Wuhan University in China.

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), the chair of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), the chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, sent the letter Wednesday regarding concerns about China gaining access to U.S. research.

“Wuhan University is not an ordinary academic institution. It is a direct extension of the Chinese military and intelligence apparatus,” the two Republicans wrote.

The partnership between the two schools created Duke Kunshan University (DKU), which enrolls some 3,000 individuals........

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