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Anna Chen's avatar

The Confucius Institutes were so vanilla and conformist that picking on them was a dark joke from the start. Pompeo's bullying was signalling all-change, we're coming for you.

More to do with throwing raw meat to the western masses as diversion from domestic problems, and prepping them psychologically for war on the rising superpower that would mean deepening pauperisation of Americans.

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THOMAS REINHART's avatar

Mr. Zeng is right to be frustrated by the general suspicion of all Chinese nationals as spies. But it's unlikely that this is due to a surge in racism during the last decade. He neglects the impact of China's behaviour itself, not least Art. 7 of the intelligence law which reads: "Article 7: All organizations and citizens shall support, assist, and cooperate with national intelligence efforts in accordance with law, and shall protect national intelligence work secrets they are aware of." I am afraid Mr. Zeng's rather disdainful approach to his host country may turn out counterproductive (btw I am not British).

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