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Recent Examples of counterespionage
Beijing saw it as meddling by a foreign government, heightening tensions following Australia’s ban on Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from its next-generation 5G mobile network and a tightening of counterespionage safeguards to criminalize foreign meddling in domestic politics.
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Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
After China’s recent adoption of stringent data security and counterespionage legislation, European and American companies are discouraging executives from carrying information out of China even about day-to-day corporate operations.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
On July 1, China enacted a sweeping expansion of a counterespionage law.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
In late April, Beijing tightened its counterespionage law and expanded the list of activities that could be considered spying.
—Laura He, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
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Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
After China’s recent adoption of stringent data security and counterespionage legislation, European and American companies are discouraging executives from carrying information out of China even about day-to-day corporate operations.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
On July 1, China enacted a sweeping expansion of a counterespionage law.
—Edward Wong, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2023
In late April, Beijing tightened its counterespionage law and expanded the list of activities that could be considered spying.
—Laura He, CNN, 24 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterespionage
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Kash Patel, President Trump’s pick to lead the F.B.I., has repeatedly undercut the work of the very agency he is set to lead by making false statements related to its criminal and counterintelligence inquiries into the president.—
Charlie Savage,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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The task of military counterintelligence is to protect military infrastructure from enemy agents from within.—
Gord Magill,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
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Of course, that is the nature of espionage—every country, including the United States, technically breaks the laws of foreign nations to execute missions in its own interest.—
Joshua Yaffa,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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During Thursday’s hearing, Patel said that the biggest threat to the U.S. would be to thwart terrorism and Chinese Communist Party espionage.—
Solcyré Burga,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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In fact, gas prices have increased 60% in the African nation over the last six months as Dangote’s refinery has ramped up production, according to market intelligence firm Trading Economics.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
17 Feb. 2025
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John Sawers, a former head of the British intelligence service, said there were risks to undertaking such an operation.—
Yan Zhuang,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Counterespionage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterespionage. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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