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Pentagon sees giant cargo cranes as possible Chinese spying tools

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6 min read . Updated: 05 Mar 2023, 10:11 PM IST The Wall Street Journal

File: Driverless trucks move shipping containers at a port in Tianjin, China, on Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) (AP) — File: Driverless trucks move shipping containers at a port in Tianjin, China, on Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) (AP)

Equipment at US ports could pose risk of surveillance or sabotage, officials say; China says concerns are ‘paranoia-driven’

WASHINGTON—U.S. officials are growing concerned that giant Chinese-made cranes operating at American ports across the country, including at several used by the military, could give Beijing a possible spying tool hiding in plain sight.