Chinese Security Force Abducted a US Consulate Official in Chengdu in 2016

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Ali Watkins, China Grabbed American as Spy Wars Flare; A focus on Russia overshadows Beijing's aggressive tactics, including the kidnapping of a suspected American. Politio, Oct 11, 2017.
www.politico.com/story/2017/10/1 ... es-espionage-243644

My comment:
(a) The first sixth as well as the last two paragraphs are about the Chengdu abduction. The rest is about China's inducing Americans to spy for it (and were publicized before).
(b) About the given name of the author. Ali (name)  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_(name)
(Among English-speakers as short for male and female names starting with "Al-")

Eg, Elizabeth Alice "Ali" MacGraw (1939- ; starred in the 1970 film Love Story)