espionage
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“The West isn’t used to this approach and doesn’t have mechanisms to defend against it,” says Nicholas Eftimiades, a former Defense Intelligence Agency official who has written several books on Chinese espionage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
Singapore authorities said they had also investigated Alice Huang - not for espionage, but for any possible role in Megaspeed's suspected fraud.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
Chung was convicted of economic espionage and acting as an agent of China in 2009.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
Another would be if it educates Americans about the serious threat of Chinese corporate espionage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
MI6 invited George to join its espionage campaign against the Nazis.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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