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China warns it will take Americans hostage if DOJ doesn’t drop charges against researchers
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Beijing is threatening to take Americans in China hostage if the Department of Justice doesn’t drop its prosecution of several Chinese research scientists arrested on U.S. soil this year, according to a report on Saturday. Chinese government officials have repeatedly warned their U.S. counterparts that Americans in China face being detained if its demands are not met, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The drastic action — dubbed “hostage diplomacy” — would be in retaliation for the arrests of at least five Chinese military-affiliated scholars visiting American universities to conduct research. [ link to nypost.com (secure)] And they will. They did it to Canada when that Huawei exec was arrested. Now Two Canadians are sitting in Chiness jails. They have been there now for over a year I think. China wont budge. It was bound to come to to this. China is pushing back and the tactic is to push back hard.
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