The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250403131826/https://apnews.com/article/chinese-beijing-honeypot-spies-diplomat-agent-intelligence-c077ef57b0f7ae43dd0db41bea92238b


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  • @[email protected]
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    1928 days ago

    How can this be constitutional? This is a huge governmental intrusion into the personal lives of these personnel. I understand what the concern is, but I’ve never seen such an attempt to rule over the personal lives of employees.

    • @[email protected]
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      1028 days ago

      Ya best start believin’ in fascist techno-dystopias, 'cause yer in one!

      Seriously tho, these guys don’t care about the constitution. Pretty clear they want to establish a dictatorship.

    • @[email protected]
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      2428 days ago

      Of course it’s unconstitutional, but because nobody in charge of our government has any sense of common decency, they’ll force it through the court, like a sieve, and, eventually, even when the courts will against them, they’ll do what they want anyway, because nobody has the balls to get up and actually stop them.

  • @[email protected]
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    1628 days ago

    Would Mitch McConnell like to add anything to this conversation? Perhaps to muse how wrong it is before throwing the full weight of his support behind its architects?

    • notsure
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      428 days ago

      …ask the sister-in-law do i need to add the /s?

      • notsure
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        125 days ago

        so Moscow Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law owned a Tesla and “backed” into a lake and the fire department was unable to save her…Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law…heiress to part of a huge fortune her sister was party to…conspiracy writes itself…

  • @[email protected]
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    6528 days ago

    Yeah, that will stop it. An element of danger and secrecy historically always stops sex and relationships. 🤣

  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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    628 days ago

    First government personnel, then everybody else because muh Chinese dragon threat, then later you look up and huh, that’s weird, when did they bring back anti-miscegenation laws?

  • kbal
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    125 days ago

    That should work, in theory, if we assume that Chinese spies aren’t allowed to lie about their citizenship.