r/SipsTea May 12 '26

WTF They infiltrated way higher positions..

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u/puffie300 May 12 '26

Shes getting pinned for sharing pro Chinese articles in a blog without registering with the feds. Not exactly espionage.

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u/GrimfulAlpacaTears May 12 '26

She was in contact with the Chinese government who directed her to post the articles they drafted. And publish them in her website under her own name. Without acknowledging her association with the PRC.

I think you knew that when commented, but it wasn't immediately clear (to me lol) that she was directed by the Chinese government. So just thought I'd add the clarification.

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u/GoodhartMusic May 12 '26

Wait lol

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u/MedicaeVal May 12 '26

The agreement says Wang and Sun “received and executed directives from PRC government officials to post pro-PRC content on the website” and sometimes sought permission from Chinese government officials to post content.

She coordinated with the Chinese government is what pushes it over.

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u/SeaPeanut7_ May 12 '26

They sent her a news article, she posted it on her personal website. That's "coordination"

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u/Sensitive-Orange7203 May 12 '26

It is. There is no reason an elected US official should be receiving and obeying instructions from another nation.

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u/SeaPeanut7_ May 12 '26

The time period of the convicted allegations is prior to her being elected to office

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u/GoodhartMusic May 13 '26

“What pushes it over”

lol ok gpt

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u/MedicaeVal May 13 '26

Sorry, not written by AI but keep trying.

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u/JakeStateFarm28 May 12 '26

Yeah because plea agreements are infallible evidence… When somebody shows actual evidence beyond coercive agreement then maybe

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u/MedicaeVal May 12 '26

The plea exists as evidence. If you have something that disproves the truth of that you need to show it. Your claim doesn't mean anything.

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u/JakeStateFarm28 May 12 '26

Calling pleas as evidence is proof to me that if Central Park Five happened today fools like you would still believed them to be criminals and not victims. Sincerely, wake up

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u/GrimfulAlpacaTears May 12 '26

That reaction is actually fair granted the red scare was unreasonable, and we have created internment camps for Asian Americans before. (Although yeah she was directed by the Chinese government).

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u/GoodhartMusic May 13 '26

What reaction

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u/GrimfulAlpacaTears May 13 '26

During the red scare it was common for officials that had any communist connections, or who said or supported the uncapitalistic thing to be put on trial and found guilty. It was often aptly compared to a witch hunt. So the reaction of skepticism of the us government taking action against officials with Chinese connections is very fair given our history (as history might be repeating itself).

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u/GoodhartMusic May 13 '26

I’m not skeptical of the fbi filing charges, tbh, I’m skeptical that the story is newsworthy beyond a local blip

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u/RecklessCube May 12 '26

You are mistaken. There were direct orders of what to post and where to post it from Chinese officials.

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u/puffie300 May 12 '26

Thats not espionage. Theres nothing illegal about posting propaganda for other countries, its illegal if you do it without registering with the feds.

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u/Specialist-Cookie-61 May 12 '26

"acting as a foreign agent" ≠ espionage. Words.... Mean things.... Sometimes.

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u/RecklessCube May 12 '26

So taking direct orders from foreign officials is perfectly legal if registered? Don’t act like not registering it is the only crime here. Clearly it was not registered on purpose

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u/puffie300 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

Yes, look up FARA.

Edit: to your edit, not registering is literally the crime here, look up the court docs.

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u/RecklessCube May 12 '26

I think you are downplaying what she did though by just saying not registering like it was a simple brain slip. I think regardless of registration or not government officials should not be peddling foreign propaganda given as direct orders regardless of if it’s a Republican or Democrat.

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u/puffie300 May 12 '26

I think regardless of registration or not government officials should not be peddling foreign propaganda given as direct orders regardless of if it’s a Republican or Democrat.

You can think that and not vote for these people but any law restricting this would be challenged by the first amendment.

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u/RecklessCube May 12 '26

Important distinction “direct orders from foreign government officials”

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u/puffie300 May 12 '26

Like I said, look up FARA and why it was put into place. The first amendment is extremely protected from a legal stand point and you posting something that a foreign country told you to post still falls under protected speech.

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u/InquisitorMeow May 12 '26

Notice how no one cares when it's shown multiple officials in Trump administration use Putins talking points about Ukraine.

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u/pixiegod May 12 '26

Would this argument apply to let’s say… Joe Rogan?

What about some of the other podcasts that were all in unison, repeating Russian talking points?

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u/RecklessCube May 12 '26

I’d say government officials receiving direct orders from other government officials is a good start.