http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2015/09/02/why-the-white-house-sent-the-wrong-chinese-spies-home/
By William Johnson
blogs.reuters.com
September 2, 2015
With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit rapidly approaching, a
testy exchange between American and Chinese officials over undeclared
Chinese law enforcement personnel operating on U.S. soil will likely add
to the friction between the two powers.
According to the New York Times — and confirmed by China’s state-run
Xinhua News Agency – the Obama administration told China to stop using
members of its Ministry of Public Security to seek out Chinese citizens
who had fled to the United States with large amounts of allegedly
ill-gotten cash — and then pressure the embezzlers to return home. While
the United States has cooperated in other extradition cases, it refused to
allow Chinese law enforcement officials to use threats and coercive
tactics to get the fugitives to “voluntarily” return to China.
Despite the fact that China has subsequently recalled these operatives,
Beijing will continue to maintain a large and very active espionage
presence in the United States. While some media outlets have referred to
the departing individuals as “spies,” they are actually police officers.
The actual spies aren’t going anywhere, and expelling these officers will
have virtually no impact on China’s spying in the United States.
While events like the recently disclosed hack of the Office of Personnel
Management get most of the media attention, China’s human intelligence
operations are extensive and arguably more damaging, as they can involve
not only intellectual property, but sensitive military information. Recent
espionage cases against Chinese operatives show that the efforts are
massive, well-planned and persistent.
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