Published: 5:20am, 13 Sep, 2019 Updated: 5:20am, 13 Sep, 2019
protesters have asked the government for names of companies in the US which are owned by the Chinese government , in a bid to stop the alleged theft of military technology . Democrat and Republican representatives have said the Chinese buy US companies to transfer “ proprietary information ” . They have used a provision in the comprehensive Defence Authorisation Act of 1999 to demand the list . In 2018 , a Pentagon report had said that because it dominated the global supplies of rare earth minerals , electronics and chemicals , China was a risk to the supply of materials and technologies needed for maintaining national security .