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Hurricane Florence stirs political storm in the US | Beijing crackdown on Taipei’s mainland spying

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Channel: CGTN · 2018 · News & Politics

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After slamming the East Coast of the US on Friday, Hurricane Florence continues to batter the region with heavy rain. As controversy rises over Trump’s hurricane-related tweets, how is the US President keeping afloat? Qi Ye, in the Beijing studio, Professor of Environmental Policy at Tsinghua University and Director of the Brookings Tsinghua Center for Public Policy; and in Philadelphia, Brandon Blackburn-Dwyer, Founder of the Grasshopper Strategies, joined The Point.

Beijing has accused Taiwan's spy agencies of stepping up efforts to steal intelligence with the aim of "infiltration" and "sabotage." Details were disclosed in a rare series of programs detailing cases where mainland students studying in Taiwan were targeted by spies who lure them with money, affection, and friendship. What was revealed and what is special about the recent crackdown? Zhong Houtao, Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Wang Yuqing, a PhD Candidate in Peking University from Taiwan, shared their views.

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