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China Defector Backs Diplomat's Spy Claim
AP via SFGate.com ^ | June 8, 2005 | By ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 06/08/2005 12:07:32 PM PDT by WmShirerAdmirer

A second Chinese defector has claimed Beijing is running a large spy network in Australia and other Western countries, including the United States, following a similar allegation by a high-ranking Chinese diplomat seeking asylum.

The diplomat, Chen Yonglin, the first secretary at the Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney, left his post last month. Chen claimed China had 1,000 spies in Australia involved in illegal activities, including abducting Chinese nationals and smuggling them back to China.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has dismissed Chen's claims and said he defected because he wanted to immigrate to Australia with his family.

But a second Chinese official seeking asylum here, Hao Fengjun, 32, backed Chen's claim of a Chinese spy network in Australia in an interview with Australian Broadcasting Corp. television late Tuesday.

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KEYWORDS: australia; chenyonglin; china; defectors; espionage; spies; us
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(Sarcasm)

Aside from all the "Made in China" goods that have flooded the US, now we must contend with "Made in China" spies. Wondering how many of these are out and about in our "trade with Red China-deficit" country?

1 posted on 06/08/2005 12:07:33 PM PDT by WmShirerAdmirer
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To: WmShirerAdmirer
Chinese defector has claimed Beijing is running a large spy network in Australia and other Western countries.....

I am shocked..........

2 posted on 06/08/2005 12:10:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (It's not up to the gov't to give you an education. It's up to you to take it from them......)
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To: WmShirerAdmirer

There are enough of them that the fbi told companies they need their help, and to keep an eye out and report.


3 posted on 06/08/2005 12:12:32 PM PDT by monkeywrench (http://ciudadano.presidencia.gob.mx/peticion/peticion.htm -Tell Vicente)
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To: WmShirerAdmirer
This is so obvious how can the MSM have missed it for so long? Clear as the bulbous red nose on Bubba's face, it is! If I were Yoda, swat Bubba in the face would I! Foul as Gore, say I !

Spying is what China does best. Read Sun Tsu !

4 posted on 06/08/2005 12:15:01 PM PDT by ex-Texan (Mathew 7:1 through 6)
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To: WmShirerAdmirer

Remember Clintoon's "association" with China. Yep, he sold us out during his administration. Plus, I wonder if former WA Gov. Gary Locke (who billed himself as the first Chinese governor in the US and within just a few months of taking office traveled to China) is a spy?


5 posted on 06/08/2005 12:15:11 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: monkeywrench

Universities as well. They number in the 6 figure range here in the US - all they want is one small piece of info each. Then they go home, and the authorities piece it all together.


6 posted on 06/08/2005 12:16:53 PM PDT by datura (Looking down at the bayonet sliding out of him, OBL read "Molon Labe" on the hilt.)
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To: Red Badger

Ditto, but I'm afraid we've put looking for the Chinese spies on the back burner since the War on Terrorism began.
Personally I abhor the "inbalance" in the trade accounts, everything in every store screams "Made in China" and it is now, with this latest reminder of the Chinese spy networks working away at us too is getting under my skin.


7 posted on 06/08/2005 12:17:01 PM PDT by WmShirerAdmirer
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To: Red Badger


We've got one too. This should be no surprise.


8 posted on 06/08/2005 12:17:06 PM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Soylent green is people!")
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To: lilylangtree

"Yep, he sold us out during his administration."

Ain't it amazing, what $600,000.00 will buy, when you're dealing with high-falutin' trailer trash?


9 posted on 06/08/2005 12:20:22 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry (Esse Quam Videre)
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To: WmShirerAdmirer

US Govt for sale to the highest Bidder!! Time to replace these professional "Politicians" with Common Folk, I say. People from the unemployment line. Godfearing, hardworking stiffs who will defend the US Constitution and our borders. People we know, favorite sons and daughters - no party affiliation!! Dump them all Repubs who ahva a majority and are selling us out and the Progressive Democrats who have been undermining the US Constitution. The EU is crumbling, and falling into the Socialist morass they have created, the same place the Dems want to lead us!! FIRE THEM ALL!! Change the Oil in Congress!!


10 posted on 06/08/2005 12:23:45 PM PDT by 26lemoncharlie ('Cuntas haereses tu sola interemisti in universo mundo!')
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To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...

ping


11 posted on 06/08/2005 12:24:34 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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I am filing this under "No sh*t, Sherlock."


12 posted on 06/08/2005 12:50:19 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: in hoc signo vinces
We've got one too. This should be no surprise.

What? The US has a spy network in the US?
SHOCKED to the CORE, I am.

13 posted on 06/08/2005 12:54:47 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Monthly donors make better lovers. Ask my wife.)
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To: Army Air Corps

Yep. LOL. Couldn't have put it better myself.


14 posted on 06/08/2005 1:26:43 PM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear tipped ICBMs: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol.)
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To: spetznaz

Until there is serious political shift in China, I think that no one should let down their guard around them. I am reminded of the glower that some of the Indian students here have on their faces when Chinese nationals pass them on campus. I asked an Indian co-worker if he knew the Chinese couple at whom he was staring intenly. He replied, "No, but I do not need to know them to know not to trust them." I have met students from many of the countries that neighbour China and none of these students trusted China any further than they could throw it.


15 posted on 06/08/2005 1:35:43 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: WmShirerAdmirer

I always wonder how come all those Chinese Restarants have only Chinese working there.

With this information I say to myself WWDD, What would Dale Do from King of the Hill about the Chinese spies.


16 posted on 06/08/2005 2:36:06 PM PDT by Swiss
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To: adept

Yes, China got screwed like any other group of people in History. My remarks are in refernce to the PRC. If the government changes and their is shift in attitudes, then I welcome partnership with China.

Also, some of the countries that do not trust China are those that had not part in the Spheres of Influence games of the late 19th and early 20th Century. Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia, the Philippines, India, etc. are damned jittery where China is concerned.


19 posted on 06/08/2005 4:48:33 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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