U.S.-China diplomacy is crumbling

1 big thing

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🗓️ 23 July 2020

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Prosecutors say the Chinese consulate in San Francisco is harboring a researcher after the FBI interviewed her about alleged visa fraud on June 20. The researcher was charged for lying about her affiliation with a Chinese military university. This move could cause serious tension between the China and the U.S., especially as the U.S. is seeking to crack down on Chinese espionage and research theft. Plus, Trump is deploying more federal agents - this time to Chicago and Albuquerque. And, companies are fighting for insurance payouts after coronavirus losses. Guests: Axios' Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Mike Allen and Jennifer Kingson. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Carol Alderman, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Naomi Shavin and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: Prosecutors say S.F. consulate is harboring Chinese military researcher wanted by FBI Trump announces "surge" of federal law enforcement to Chicago and Albuquerque Insurance companies battle their clients over the coronavirus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Thursday, July 23rd. I'm Niala Boodoo. Here's
0:09.8	how we're making you smarter today. President Trump is deploying more federal agents
0:14.2	this time to Chicago and Albuquerque. Plus, businesses are fighting for COVID
0:20.2	insurance payouts. First though, the quickly crumbling diplomacy between the
0:25.4	U.S. and China is today's one big thing.
0:30.3	It seems like something out of a movie. The US gives a Chinese consulate in Houston
0:38.0	72 hours to shut down and soon after the smell of burning documents fill the air. That was yesterday.
0:45.0	Now today the story of a Chinese researcher wanted by the FBI who was fled to the
0:50.3	San Francisco consulate. Bethany Alan Ibrahimian has the scoop.
0:55.0	Bethany, can you tell us first who is this Chinese researcher?
0:59.0	Sure, her name is Tang Juan, and she came to the US last year on a J-1 visa to take a position as a researcher at
1:07.6	UC Davis but on her J-1 visa application she said that she did not have any affiliation with the Chinese military.
1:16.6	However, investigators have found she has in fact active military status in China and that she is affiliated with a Chinese
1:27.6	university that is affiliated with the PLA.
1:31.4	What is the PLA?
1:32.4	The PLA stands for the People's Liberation Army and what's interesting
1:36.2	about it is that is actually under the direct control of the Chinese Communist Party. So it's not a national
1:42.0	army, it's a party army.
1:43.7	And is the FBI sole concern with this individual that she was not
1:48.5	honest on her visa application about working for the PLA?
1:51.8	So in the court documents, the prosecutors say that her case is part of a series of cases where there
1:59.4	are a number of military affiliated researchers who have come from PLA
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