counterespionage

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for counterespionage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for counterespionage
Noun
  • Several Democratic senators are questioning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over President Trump’s acceptance of a jet from Qatar, stressing in a letter the national security risks and counterintelligence concerns inherent in such a transaction.
    Sophia Vento, The Hill, 15 May 2025
  • Critics of the plan worry that the move threatens to turn Air Force One, the president’s plane and a global symbol of American power into an airborne collection of ethical, legal, security and counterintelligence concerns.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • One founding American who did not share his age’s discomfort with espionage was George Washington.
    James Santel, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
  • Marshall argues that TikTok and ByteDance are engaged in espionage by exploiting personal information, especially data belonging to minors.
    Jennifer Lindahl, USA Today, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Newsweek is partnering with global data intelligence platform Statista for the fifth annual ranking of the World's Best Smart Hospitals.
    Newsweek Rankings, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
  • The advisor sees the president first thing in the morning for the daily intelligence briefing and leaves after the president retires for the evening, but remains on call around the clock.
    Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025

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