Candace Vahlsing, President Biden’s Associate Director for Climate, co-authored reports arguing for more collaboration between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party on climate and energy “in partnership” with Chinese government-backed academics and organizations. Vahlsing, who has held the position of Associate Director for Climate, Energy, Environment, and Science at the Office of Management and Budget since January of 2021, is listed as a contributor to a recent research report: “How California and China, Together, Can Accelerate a Global Shift to Zero-emission Vehicles.” The April 2020 report—written “in partnership” with Chinese Communist Party-run Tsinghua University—begins by calling for closer collaboration between
