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China Keeps a Close Eye on Exiled Activists

By Theunis BatesMar 9th 2010 – 7:10PM
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(March 9) -- The world got a rare glimpse at how China keeps tabs on exiled dissidents and activists Monday, when a political refugee living in Sweden was sentenced to 16 months in jail for spying on his fellow Uighurs for the Chinese state. According to press reports, 62-year-old Babur Maihesuti started gathering...

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RunCore InVincible SSD wipes data away with the click of a button

By Joseph Volpe May 16th 2012 - 02:43PM

This one goes out to all the Bonds in the world.

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Beleaguered Huawei encourages US government to investigate it, quotes two presidents in the process

By Chris Ziegler Feb 28th 2011 - 07:39AM

When you're the second-largest supplier of communications infrastructure in the world and your president is an ex-member of the Chinese military, suspicions of espionage -- warranted or not -- are pretty much a foregone conclusion.

Chinese intelligence News From the Web

  • 07/01/11 Taiwan Espionage Cases Highlight Changes in Chinese... Source: The Jamestown Foundation On June 13 th , Taiwanese authorities detained businessman Lai Kun-chieh on charges that he spied for Beijing, attempting to steal military secrets for a still unidentified Chinese intelligence agency ( Lianhe Xinwen, June 14).
  • 11/13/10 Time to wise up to China's spying Source: Taipei Times The two cases of Chinese espionage uncovered in the US and Taiwan within the past month indicate that China's intelligence operations are typical of other intelligence agencies worldwide, which are not as unique as many Westerners tend to think.
  • 11/05/10 Shriver Case Highlights Traditional Chinese Espionage Source: The Jamestown Foundation Underneath the fanfare that greeted the FBI's arrest of ten Russian intelligence officers in June, federal authorities quietly proceeded against a young Michigan man, Glenn Duffie Shriver, applying to the CIA at the direction of Chinese intelligence.
  • 10/23/10 American pleads guilty to spying for China Source: Nzoom A Detroit man today pleaded guilty to trying to get a job with the Central Intelligence Agency in order to spy for China and to hiding contacts and money he got from Chinese intelligence agents.

Background on Chinese intelligence

The People's Republic of China (PRC) has and is currently using a widespread effort to acquire U.S. military technology and classified information.

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