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China's Spy Plot is Full of Holes

Beijing claims Operation 'Thunderbolt 2020' netted 'several hundred spies.' Where are they?

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Matt Brazil
Oct 16, 2020
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As spy stories go, China put on quite a show this week. Problem was, the plot was full of holes.

As if dreamt up by a cinematic maestro, Chinese broadcast and print media announced a startling development over October 11 and 12: Beijing’s State Security forces had “recently” “captured several hundred Taiwan spies.”

Not so recent it turned out. And the det…

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