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Dutch athletes warned to keep phones and laptops out of China -media

The Beijing Olympic Tower is pictured ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, January 11, 2022. [Reuters, Fabrizio Bensch]

Dutch athletes competing in next month's Beijing Winter Olympics will need to leave their phones and laptops at home in an unprecedented move to avoid Chinese espionage, Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported on Tuesday.

The urgent advice to athletes and supporting staff to not bring any personal devices to China was part of a set of measures proposed by the Dutch Olympic Committee (NOCNSF) to deal with any possible interference by Chinese state agents, the paper said citing sources close to the matter.

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