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Chinese dissident who admitted spying for Beijing in the US gets no jail time

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Source: The Seattle Times

Published November 13, 2026

A member of New York’s Chinese dissident community who admitted spying for five years on fellow activists on behalf of the Chinese government got no prison time at his sentencing in Manhattan federal court.

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