{"id":97573,"date":"2020-10-26T02:51:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T23:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/beijings-new-threat-to-take-americans-hostages\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T02:51:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T23:51:56","slug":"beijings-new-threat-to-take-americans-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/beijings-new-threat-to-take-americans-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"#Beijing&#8217;s new threat to take Americans hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Beijing&#8217;s new threat to take Americans hostages<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/xi-jinping-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n                        Once again, the Chinese Communist Party is showing the world its true colors \u2014 by threatening to take Americans hostage if Washington doesn\u2019t stop cracking down on Beijing\u2019s US espionage operation.<\/p>\n<p>China is pushing the US Justice Department to drop its prosecution of at least five Chinese scientists arrested this year for failing to disclose their military connections, The Wall Street Journal reported. They stand charged with visa fraud for allegedly lying to US immigration authorities about their active-duty statuses with China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army.<\/p>\n<p>While the scientists were working at US universities, American officials say, they were coordinating with Chinese diplomats to steal cutting-edge research \u2014 a key reason Washington in July ordered the shutdown of Beijing\u2019s consulate in Houston and the departure of all Chinese scientists with military ties.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Chinese authorities have issued trumped-up charges against Canadian, Swedish and Australian citizens in similar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s. So far, Beijing hasn\u2019t gone after any Americans \u2014 but the State Department\u2019s advisory against <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to China now cites the risk of becoming a hostage as China tries \u201cto gain bargaining leverage over foreign governments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch out for this next perilous escalation of Beijing\u2019s growing alienation from the civilized world.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/25\/beijings-new-threat-to-take-americans-hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Beijing&#8217;s new threat to take Americans hostages&#8221; Once again, the Chinese Communist Party is showing the world its true colors \u2014 by threatening to take Americans hostage if Washington doesn\u2019t stop cracking down on Beijing\u2019s US espionage operation. 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