{"id":4586,"date":"2021-05-25T18:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/?p=4586"},"modified":"2021-05-25T18:48:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T22:48:00","slug":"china-orders-companies-to-step-up-monitoring-of-foreigners-in-anti-spying-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/eastasiaandoceaniablog\/2021\/05\/25\/china-orders-companies-to-step-up-monitoring-of-foreigners-in-anti-spying-push\/","title":{"rendered":"China orders companies to step up monitoring of foreigners in anti-spying push"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/apr\/28\/china-orders-companies-to-step-up-monitoring-of-foreigners-in-anti-spying-push\">China orders companies to step up monitoring of foreigners in anti-spying push<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese social groups, enterprises, and public entities will have increased responsibility to combat foreign espionage under new regulations issued by the country\u2019s ministry of state security. The regulations, which were released and took effect on Monday, come amid deepening hostilities between China and some western governments, including over the detention of foreigners accused of national security crimes. According to state media, state security will work with other government departments to \u201cadjust\u201d the list of groups susceptible to foreign espionage and to develop measures to safeguard against it, including the Chinese Communist Party and state organs, social groups, enterprises, and the public institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new regulation \u201cplaces emphasis on companies and institutions taking precautionary measures against foreign espionage,\u201d Li Wei, an expert on national security and anti-terrorism at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, told the state media outlet, the Global Times on Monday. Chinese authorities have arrested a number of foreigners on national security or espionage charges in recent years, prompting condemnation from their governments and accusations the detentions were instead instances of \u201chostage diplomacy\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Canadian nationals, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been held since 2018 and went on trial last month. Their cases are believed to be retaliation for Canada\u2019s arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou under a US extradition warrant. Australian nationals Yang Hengjun and Cheng Lei are also currently detained. Yang, a writer, and blogger were charged with endangering national security by joining or accepting a mission from an unidentified espionage organization but has maintained he is innocent throughout more than 300 interrogations. Lei, a news anchor for state broadcaster CGTN, has been detained for eight months, \u201con suspicion of illegally providing state secrets to foreign forces\u201d. Australia was \u201cnot privy to evidence\u201d supporting the charge, foreign affairs minister Marise Payne said in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to Article: China orders companies to step up monitoring of foreigners in anti-spying push Chinese social groups, enterprises, and public entities will have increased responsibility to combat foreign espionage under new regulations issued by the country\u2019s ministry of state security. 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