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Two U.S. senators say the Chinese regime is hindering a probe into fake electronic parts ending up in U.S. weapons and other electronics. The U.S. Government made the allegations in a report last year. The Senators are urging Chinese authorities to allow investigators into Mainland China—a request that, so far, has been rejected.
The United States Senate Armed Services Committee wants to conduct independent investigations in China. That's after a 2010 report revealed that counterfeit electronics are being found in the U.S. military's supply chain. The Chinese regime has so far declined to issue visas to U.S. investigators to travel to the mainland.
Democratic Senator, and Chairman of the Armed Service Committee Carl Levin expressed his disappointed at the Chinese regime's response. The most senior Republican on the panel, John McCain says an investigation into counterfeit electronics is also in the interest of China.
The allegations surfaced last year in a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Levin says U.S. companies have pointed out the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen as the source of fake electronic parts.
In a press conference this week, the Senators said that investigators had traveled to Hong Kong. They were hoping to get visas to travel to the mainland to carry out an unrestricted investigation. But the Chinese regime rejected that request, stating that Chinese officials would have to be present during any interviews. The U.S. senators say that's a "non-starter."
The 2010 U.S. government report says counterfeit electronic parts had "infiltrated" the Pentagon's supply chain. These include microprocessors for the F-15 fighter jet and microcircuits for U.S. Missile Defense Agency hardware.