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Commentary: China May Have a Spy Problem of its Own
Channel News Asia ^ | 08 Jul 2021 | Bo Zhiyue

Posted on 07/07/2021 3:21:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Dong Jingwei’s supposed disappearance coaxes China’s troubled history littered with past cases of state secrets being spilled, espionage and defection into view, says Professor Bo Zhiyue.

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) centennial anniversary celebrations may have made headlines last week.

But amid the celebratory notes of how the country has arrived and how much the party has been pivotal to that narrative, observers reading the tea leaves to discern what big challenges lie ahead for the country may do well to look at certain, less well covered developments in the lead-up.

For while Chinese President and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping’s leading of top Chinese communist leaders to renew their pledges of loyalty to the party on Jun 18 looked right at home, the ceremony was significant because it included Vice-president Wang Qishan, who had been widely rumoured to have fled China.

Had it been true, Wang would have been the highest-ranking official to defect in recent decades.

The last being Lin Biao - then heir apparent to Mao Zedong who was said to be fleeing China for the Soviet Union, after a failed assassination attempt on his mentor’s life when his plane crashed in 1971.

THE STRANGE CASE OF DONG JINGWEI

While those suspicions regarding Wang have been smashed, there are growing concerns over Dong Jingwei, vice-minister for state security, the latest official to have come under the spotlight for supposedly defecting.

On that same day as the demonstration of loyalty, Dong was reported to have separately chaired a meeting to discuss implementing new counter-espionage regulations that came into effect in April.

The meeting apparently emphasised the importance of not only capturing foreign spies but also their Chinese collaborators and financiers behind the scenes.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asia; china; espionage

1 posted on 07/07/2021 3:21:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Besides this what else was the CCP role in getting Biden elected ?
The CCP Effort praised by this CCP scientist working on doing so
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3960570/posts

more; http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3968894/posts

Here’s that compliment paid to the CCP by the Biden campaign for bringing in the virus which they admitted really helped fix it to get Biden elected http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3940857/posts


2 posted on 07/07/2021 3:49:16 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (AKA Lee J Keslin posting in the hopes comments get passed around )
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To: nickcarraway

Bkmk


3 posted on 07/07/2021 4:00:51 PM PDT by sauropod (The smartphone is the retina of the mind's eye.)
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To: nickcarraway

GREAT. Give ‘em the DONG, Dong.


4 posted on 07/07/2021 4:02:00 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: nickcarraway

Well, if there are spies in the CCP, they sure weren’t put there by the clowns in the CIA.


5 posted on 07/07/2021 4:14:09 PM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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To: nickcarraway

Not a problem. They just execute them.


6 posted on 07/07/2021 5:08:56 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: nickcarraway

the dong defection almost instantly disappeared from the headlines.

the US denied the defection as did china.

However the US changed its stance on the wuhan flu. something happened

so what happened?


7 posted on 07/08/2021 7:36:16 AM PDT by ckilmer
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