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Jun Wei Yeo was charged with utilizing his political consultancy in America as a front to collect details for Chinese intelligence, US authorities state.
Separately, the US stated a Chinese researcher implicated of concealing her ties to China’s armed force was apprehended.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin reacted by saying that the United States move was based on “a hodgepodge of anti-Chinese lies”.
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A United States main guards the previous Chinese consulate in Houston after doors were forced open on Friday afternoon.
President Donald Trump’s administration has clashed repeatedly with Beijing over trade and the coronavirus pandemic, as well as China’s imposition of a questionable brand-new security law in Hong Kong.