Senator Condemns China for Olympic Spying Plans
Jul 31, 2020121.7K Shares1.6M Views
With just 10 days before the start of the summer Olympics in Beijing, GOP Sen. Sam Brownback (Kan.) stepped up his denunciation of China on human rights, charging the nation’s leaders with a conspiracy to spy on international hotel guests during the games. From a statementissued today:
“„The Chinese government has put in place a system to spy on and gather information about every guest at hotels where Olympic visitors are staying. This means journalists, athletes’ families and other visitors will be subjected to invasive intelligence gathering by the Chinese Public Security Bureau.
This isn’t the first time Brownback has voiced this rebuke. In May, the former GOP presidential hopeful made similar claimsabout China’s intentions to monitor the Internet communications of Olympic visitors. But this time around, he says he has written proof leaked from several anonymous international hotel chains. The documents purport that Beijing has threatened fines and license revocations against those who don’t cooperate with the spying.
The claims have done nothing to discourage President George W. Bush, who remains intent on attending the elaborate opening ceremonies on Aug. 8. Earlier this month, Bush saidthat his staying home “would be an affront to the Chinese people.”
Rhyley Carney
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