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"For years, Chinese American dissidents in New York have suspected that China’s
powerful and ubiquitous intelligence services had infiltrated their ranks and
were tracking their every move.
“We operate under the assumption that no secret can be kept from the Chinese
Communist Party, except maybe very sensitive ones,” said Chuangchuang Chen, a
law student at St. John’s University and leading pro-democracy activist in
Queens.
On Wednesday, Chen and other dissidents got new evidence of just how deep and
aggressive China’s pursuit has become. U.S. prosecutors announced charges in
three major cases that they say depict the alarming reach of Chinese
intelligence in the United States. In one case, FBI agents arrested a
73-year-old dissident leader who is accused of spying on his fellow activists
for 17 years. In the other cases, prosecutors said, Chinese spies recruited
U.S. operatives, armed them with generous budgets, elaborate cover stories and
high-tech gear, and sent them across the country to target Chinese Americans,
including a congressional candidate on Long Island and a sculptor in Southern
California.
The high-profile U.S. prosecutions are part of a stepped-up counteroffensive
against an increasingly brazen adversary. Wednesday’s announcement at the
Justice Department in Washington, D.C., came after months of public concern —
including extensive reports by ProPublica — about the Chinese regime’s global
campaign to harass, threaten, kidnap or imprison its critics and their
families. ProPublica detailed one case in which a Chinese police officer
slipped into the U.S. and deployed a team of Chinese and U.S. operatives,
including a former New York City police detective, to spy on a New Jersey
couple and force them to return to China."
Via Doug Senko.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
