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U.S. journalist gets 2 year sentence for acting as agent for China, DOJ says

American journalist Thomas Weir Pauken II has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for acting as an agent of China's government within the U.S., the Justice Department says .

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U.S. journalist gets 2 year sentence for acting as agent for China, DOJ says
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