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State Council Expands State Security Agents’ Powers

China’s State Council this week released new definitions of conduct punishable under the 2014 counterespionage act, which will empower state security agents to bar foreigners from entering China if they are considered likely to conduct activities that threaten national security. At the South China Morning Post, Nectar Gan reports: [… Security agents] can also stop individuals suspected of espionage from leaving China. And the authorities can order that