Chinese-American posing as pro-democracy activist spied on dissidents for Beijing: 'The plot of a spy novel'
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A Chinese-American scholar is said to have lived a double life for ten years of spying on dissidents for Beijing before his conviction in Brooklyn Tuesday.
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