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Race and Espionage

By Sam GoffmanThe fact that China and the US spy on each other should come as no surprise to anybody. Each country is nervous about the other, and espionage, though it is surely not conducted with the same vigor as during the Cold War, is still an... ...full story at China Beat

from China Beat on Wed, Jul 29 2009

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