Chinese Police Can Now Legally Spy on Foreign Company Networks
VISION TIMES The Chinese government places some strict regulations on foreign firms operating in the country. Last year, the administration passed a new set of laws that further breached the rights of foreign companies by allowing law enforcement agencies to snoop on their networks and even censor them, if required. Inspecting networks In November 2018, […]
China’s New Spy Law ‘Vague’ About Definition of a State Secret
Xin Lin and Goh Fung | Radio Free Asia The ruling Chinese Communist Party is mulling a draft intelligence law that will grant sweeping powers already effectively wielded by its state security police. Under the draft legislation, posted for comment on the website of the country’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s police, state […]
Uyghur Villagers Forced by ‘Contract’ to Spy on Neighbors
Kurban Niyaz | Radio Free Asia Villagers in a remote part of northwestern China’s troubled Xinjiang region are being forced by local authorities to spy on their neighbors, watching constantly for behavior deemed “suspicious” or opposed to Beijing’s rule over the mostly Muslim Uyghur region, sources say. In a policy put in place almost two […]
Chinese Spy Chief Investigated for Multi-Million-Yuan Bribes
<!–[CDATA[ By Leo Timm, Epoch Times Ma Jian, formerly the executive deputy minister of China’s Ministry of State Security, has been detained and placed under official investigation for accepting massive bribes, the South China Morning Post reported on Jan. 11. Part of current party boss Xi Jinping’s wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign that has disciplined tens of […]