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US lawmakers accuse China of using UN peacekeeping forces to spy on countries

Lawmakers called out Chinaโ€™s growing footprint at the United Nations on Wednesday as a vehicle for espionage even as a Congressional hearing over its funding descended into a heated partisan battle over the Iran war started by US President Donald Trump. โ€œThe Chinese peacekeeping department is concentrated in strategically sensitive regions, including areas along Belt and Road [Initiative] corridors, near ports, mineral resources, and existing or potential basing locations,โ€ Sheri Biggs, a...

China detains US scientist who studied North Korea nuclear tests

Chen Youlin's family says he has been wrongfully detained for nearly two years on spying charges.

Is Japan a โ€˜spy paradiseโ€™ fuelling Russiaโ€™s war machine?

Concern that foreign spies can operate with impunity in Japan has deepened following a media report that dozens of Russian agents ordered to leave Western European countries have entered Tokyo and are buying components for Moscowโ€™s war on Ukraine. The New York Times reported on Sunday that Moscowโ€™s agents were taking advantage of Tokyoโ€™s failure to enact a law specifically designed to combat espionage and the large number of companies manufacturing components critical to the Kremlinโ€™s war...