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Recent Examples of counterespionage
Xi's harsh covid-19 lockdowns brought significant swaths of the Chinese economy to a standstill in 2022, and his officials have raided foreign companies in apparent counterespionage investigations.
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2024
In the name of national security, China earlier this month called on its citizens to participate in counterespionage work, following an expansion of its anti-spying law in July, alarming the United States.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
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.
—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
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Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2024
In the name of national security, China earlier this month called on its citizens to participate in counterespionage work, following an expansion of its anti-spying law in July, alarming the United States.
—Reuters, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterespionage
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By law, grand jury testimony is kept secret, except in matters of national security or counterintelligence, neither of which applies in this case.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
22 July 2025
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LaCroix has taught a variety of subjects including cybercrime, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection, intelligence, counterintelligence and Homeland Security legal and policy Issues.—
Hunter LaCroix,
Baltimore Sun,
13 July 2025
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Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer Another Pulitzer winner, this espionage thriller and political satire explores identity, loyalty, and the legacy of war through the confessions of a double agent.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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The plans have raised espionage fears, rattled locals in the area nervous for their personal security, and come at a time when bounties have been issued by Beijing for Hong Kongers in the UK.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN Money,
10 Aug. 2025
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The Trump administration paused intelligence sharing and weapons shipments to Ukraine after the incident.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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But typically, the Russian leader – a former intelligence officer with the Soviet Union’s security service, the KGB – uses translators to avoid speaking in English during diplomatic conversations.—
Katharina Krebs,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Counterespionage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterespionage. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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