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Report: U.S. ‘Secretly Expelled’ Chinese Diplomats After They Breached A Military Base

Emily Zanotti
Report: U.S. ‘Secretly Expelled’ Chinese Diplomats After They Breached A Military Base
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The United States expelled at least two Chinese diplomats for spying on a U.S. military base, according to a report from The New York Times, marking the first time the U.S. has taken action to prevent and punish Chinese spying in at least three decades.

The Times reports that the expulsions stem from an incident that took place in September — an incident that neither the United States nor the Chinese government made public at the time.

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