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More than 1,000 Chinese investigators left the United States as the country began to grapple with allegations of technology theft.
John Demers, director of the Department of Justice’s Homeland Security Division, said on Dec. 2 that the departure of thousands of Chinese investigators occurred as the agency initiated many criminal cockroach cases. industry and technology messages.
The Justice Department official said it was a different group from those mentioned by the US State Department in September, when Washington decided to revoke the visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and graduates deemed “at risk.” security engine “.
US Assistant Attorney General John Demers at a meeting in Washington Capital in November 2018. Image: Reuters.
The Chinese investigators Demers mentioned hastily left the United States after the FBI conducted surveys in more than 20 cities. They are also suspected of having ties to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) by US authorities, the Justice Department official said.
“Only the Chinese have the resources, the capacity and the will to participate in foreign influence activities that US agencies have discovered in recent years,” Demers stressed.
William Evanina, head of the counterintelligence agency for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence of the United States (ODNI), added that Chinese agents were also targeting the staff of the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden. “people close” to him.
However, Evanina did not elaborate on this. He claimed that Chinese investigators under the supervision of US agencies “have come here by order of the Chinese government.”
Washington-Beijing relations are at their lowest level in decades, with a series of disagreements on issues such as the origin of Covid-19, the way in which China has responded to the epidemic, the problem of Hong Kong and Xinjiang.
Ngoc Anh (According to the Reuters)
