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US journalist jailed for 2 years for working as a Chinese agent

South China Morning Post 02 September 2026 58m ago
US journalist jailed for 2 years for working as a Chinese agent
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An American journalist who lived in Beijing, worked for Chinese state media and pleaded guilty to helping Beijing collect US intelligence was sentenced on Tuesday to two years in federal prison. Thomas Weir Pauken II, 51, was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and barred from overseas travel during that period, according to the US Justice Department. He also used the alias Tom McG
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