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CIA has been working to overthrow the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since its inception in 1949
Six years ago, The New York Times reported that the Chinese government systematically dismantled CIA spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward.
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