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5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police

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Re: 5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police

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Sometimes I think this sounds conspiratorial, and surely isn't happening. Who has the time or money to pay 5 people to just go around harassing and stalking people for political gain only?

Then I remember the story of the lady in East Germany who, after it fell, managed to get the Stasi records that finally proved that yes, they had been stalking her, harassing her, and spying on her.

They would do things like wait until she went into a store to buy something, then let the air out of her bicycle tires. Just stupid little harassing things like that, so that if she complained about it to her family they'd think she was crazy.

Next time you hear some nutcase on the street talking about things like this to whoever will listen... ponder things like this.

Re: 5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police

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No other country has managed to accomplish what CCP has in its coordinated campaign across the globe.

Covert:

Inflitrate US Congress for potential blackmail - https://www.axios.com/china-spy-california-politicians-9d2df...

Infitration of US Higher Ed & Supression - https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/16/how-china...

Siphon off entire US Government personnel information, Probably to match it against Grindr, Tiktok and other social networks - https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/de/security/news/cyber-atta...

Inflitrated Australian Government - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/world/australia/china-spy...

Infiltration of UK Higher Ed - https://felixonline.co.uk/issue/1773/news/chinese-infiltrati...

Overt:

US Newspapers - https://zeenews.india.com/world/china-daily-paid-us-newspape...

Tiktok: https://www.reuters.com/technology/rubio-wants-biden-block-t...

Zoom (potential massive spying operation) - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/12/18/zoom-he...

And many more.

Re: 5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police

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Chinese grad students have already copied all university research lab hard drive contents and sent them back to China. One of them admitted to my friend to doing it and being sent to the school by the Chinese military. Chinese grad students are a massive espionage risk, second only to Israeli nationals.

Re: 5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police

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Sometimes I think this sounds conspiratorial, and surely isn't happening. Who has the time or money to pay 5 people to just go around harassing and stalking people for political gain only? Then I remember the story of the lady in East Germany who, after it fell, managed to get the Stasi records that finally proved that yes, they had been stalking her, harassing her, and spying on her. They would do things like wait u…

Reminds me of Gang stalking[0]. It always seems to happen to people who present themselves as generally not very mentally healthy, but sometimes you have to wonder. If you were the very unlucky target of some deniable, organized harassment effort, it would certainly take its toll on your mental health.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_stalking

Re: 5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police

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This kind of thing is why people were paying bribes to Chinese Paramilitary Police impersonator(s) in California: https://www.thedrive.com/news/29927/highway-patrol-arrests-d...

This is such a weird ploy. Is there any link between the impersonator and the CCP or is it just a lone scammer intimidating immigrants? It's interesting too that "impersonating a peace officer" applies in this case.

> CHP officers arrested the driver under charges of forging/possessing a fraudulent public seal and impersonating a peace officer. A police official has told KTLA 5 that the man's charges will be treated with the same severity as they would if it were American officers he had impersonated.

Re: 5 Charged with Stalking, Harassing, Spying on US Residents for PRC Secret Police

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No other country has managed to accomplish what CCP has in its coordinated campaign across the globe. Covert: Inflitrate US Congress for potential blackmail - https://www.axios.com/china-spy-california-politicians-9d2df... Infitration of US Higher Ed & Supression - https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/16/how-china... Siphon off entire US Government personnel information, Probably to match it against Grindr…

don't forget the overt "influence the influencer" investments into organizations like the NBA, Disney, etc.
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