Tuesday, July 28, 2020

U.S.-China Standoff_ EXCLUSIVE: U.S. to order drastic reduction in Chinese diplomats amid surge in spy cases

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. to order drastic reduction in Chinese diplomats amid surge in spy cases


A security guard, right, talks with a man inside the Chinese Consulate Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Houston. China says malicious slander” is behind an order by the U.S. government to close its consulate in Houston, and maintains that its ... more... 


By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times - Tuesday, July 28, 2020


The Trump administration is preparing to order China to sharply reduce the number of diplomats posted in the United States to levels equal to the number of American diplomats stationed in China, senior State Department officials said.

The action seeks in part to reduce the burden on FBI counterintelligence agents, who in recent months have devoted 2,000 special agents to catching Chinese spies and their agents, the senior official said. FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said recently that the bureau is opening a new Chinese-related case on average every 10 hours.

“By Aug. 1, we want reciprocal levels and access” for U.S. diplomats abroad, said one senior U.S. official, who spoke on background in advance of the formal announcement expected this week.


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U.S. and Chinese officials were negotiating the equal diplomatic levels last week, the official said, in the wake of the U.S. closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston and Beijing’s retaliatory closure of the U.S. Consulate in the western city of Chengdu.

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READ MORE: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/28/us-china-standoff-trump-administration-order-reduc/



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