#THREAD: This is #China's Houston Consul General Cai Wei, who is reportedly refusing to close the consulate

He and two other #Chinese diplomats were recently caught using fake identification to escort Chinese travelers to the gate area of George Bush Airport in Houston
2) According to the New York Times, investigations into the Houston consulate have included examining attempts to illegally transfer medical research and other sensitive information from institutions in the area.
3) He is accused of plans to persuade over 50 researchers, professors & academics in the area to turn over tightly held research or information to Chinese institutions & of coercing Chinese citizens in the US, whom the Chinese Government has deemed fugitives, to return to China.
4) On Wednesday, Republican senator Marco Rubio, a member of the US Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees, tweeted that the Houston consulate is the "central node of the Communist Party's vast network of spies & influence operations in the United States".
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