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China in Focus (July 7): 1300 Percent Increase in Espionage From China

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FBI Director: One New China-Related Investigation Is Opened Every 10 Hours

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is opening a new China-related counterintelligence case about once every 10 hours as it pushes back against Beijing’s expansive campaign to steal American intellectual property (IP) and influence policymakers, FBI director Christopher Wray said in a speech on July 7. Wray warned that Beijing’s counterintelligence and economic espionage operations are the “greatest long-term threat” to the United States’ economic and national security. Its stealing of U.S. technology and trade secrets is on a scale “so massive that it represents one of the largest transfers of wealth in human history,” he said in a speech given at the Washington-based think tank Hudson Institute. His remarks come as the Trump administration ramps up its actions and rhetoric against the Chinese regime in a range of issues from…

Officials confirm a case of bubonic plague in one Chinese city. The same day, a patient is diagnosed with dengue fever in another region. But world health officials claim they don’t present ‘high risk.’

Severe flooding and heavy rain prompt high-level alerts in central and southwest China. Previously delayed college entrance exams are postponed again, this time, due to the flood.

Footage of an unusual traffic accident in China shows a bus slowing down, before making a sudden turn that sent it crashing into a lake below. Authorities say 21 were killed with more injured.

The FBI director Christopher Wray calls China the greatest threat to the United States’ economic and national security. He reveals an increase of approximately 1300 percent increase in economic espionage cases linked to China over the past decade.

China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ diplomacy appears to be fueling anti-Beijing sentiment worldwide. We explain what makes it unique, and where its roots come from.

And in Hong Kong, four Epoch Times distribution workers were arrested on July 1st. Police threatened to send one of them to mainland China for live organ harvesting.

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Hiring Soared in May as Mass Layoffs Eased

WASHINGTON鈥擳he job market took a big step toward healing in May, though plenty of damage remains, as a record level of hiring followed record layoffs in March and April. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that the number of available jobs rose sharply as well, but remained far below pre-pandemic levels. The figures, from the government’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey (pdf), or JOLTS, illustrate the whiplash the economy has experienced since the pandemic intensified in mid-March. Layoffs soared in March to a stunning 11.5 million, roughly four times the peak during the 2008-2009 recession. They remained extraordinarily high in April, at 7.7 million, but in May they fell back to pre-pandemic levels of 1.8 million. Hiring, meanwhile, plunged in April to 4 million, the lowest level since 2011, but…