Chinese consulates in NYC, San Francisco identified as main spy hubs

https://nypost.com/2020/07/28/chinese-consulates-in-nyc-san-francisco-identified-as-spy-hubs/

San Francisco has long been the more prominent of the two consulates with regard to espionage.

Foreign intelligence operations in the Bay Area have focused their sights on collecting trade secrets and technology from nearby Silicon Valley, according to Politico.

“It’s a very subtle form of intelligence collection that is more business connected and oriented,” one intelligence official told the outlet back in 2018.

The source added that spies “are very much part of the everyday environment” in the region.

Aside from gathering technology secrets, Chinese officials have also long been focused on collecting intelligence on internal American political affairs.

In 2018, Politico reported at the time, a well-placed staffer in Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s California office was recruited by the Chinese government to report back about US politics.

Feinstein (D-Calif.) employed the Chinese spy for nearly two decades as her chauffeur, a gofer in her office and a liaison to the Asian American community, the San Francisco Chronicle reported at the time.

The paper reported that the man even attended Chinese consulate functions for the California senator.

A Feinstein spokesperson said at the time that her office doesn’t comment on personnel matters.



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