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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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[-] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 67 points 2 days ago

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

[-] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 18 points 2 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.

[-] floo@retrolemmy.com 24 points 2 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.

[-] Rooskie91@discuss.online 10 points 2 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.

[-] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

"Yer in a fascist techno-dystopia, Harry!"

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 16 points 2 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@fedia.io 5 points 2 days ago

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

[-] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 6 points 2 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?

[-] ExotiqueMatter@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 days ago

"The US regime has laws to control some people's sexual life."

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Because that always works.

this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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