africa, china, spying

China Spying on African Leaders

According to a report by Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, Chinese construction companies that build key offices and residences for African officials should be investigated for potential spying. As usual, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) mouthpieces have come out, pointing fingers at Americans and the think tank, blaming them for “driving a wedge between friendly ...

Max Lu

A Chiinese construction compnay building African offices.

European Union Infiltrated? The Case of the Maltese Spy

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may have used Malta’s embassy in Belgium to spy on the European Union headquarters that is located opposite. The revelations were made by a spokesperson of Veiligheid van de Staat, Belgium’s homeland security service. The spying charge Malta’s embassy in Brussels, called “Dar Malta” or “Malta House” was opened in ...

Jack Roberts

The European Union flag.

U.S. Has Blacklisted 33 Chinese Companies

The Trump administration announced that it has blacklisted an additional 33 Chinese companies and institutions. The blacklisting is being done since the entities were identified as being involved in spying on the minority Uyghur community or as having ties to the Chinese military and weapons of mass destruction. Last October, the government blacklisted 28 Chinese ...

Jack Roberts

The U.S. Capitol building.

Spying for Chinese Communists: University Professor Pleads Guilty

Dr. James Patrick Lewis, a former professor at West Virginia University, has pleaded guilty to charges of fraud in a spying case that saw him working on a project backed by the Chinese Communist Party. He apparently worked under China’s Thousand Talents Program while remaining tenured at the University, keeping the matter a secret. The ...

Max Lu

West Virginia University.

U.S. Dependence on Chinese Students Is Becoming a Problem

A recent report by the U.S. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence has exposed the rifts policymakers are facing when deciding the involvement of Chinese students and researchers in the American AI industry. The report was submitted to Congress by former Defense Deputy Secretary Bob Work and former chairman of Google Eric Schmidt. Are Chinese ...

Jack Roberts

Chinese students.

Californian Arrested for Espionage on Behalf of Beijing

Edward Peng, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was arrested by the police in late September on charges of espionage for the Chinese government. A resident of Hayward, California, Peng has a background in traditional Chinese medicine and mechanical engineering. Caught in espionage After arriving in the U.S. in 2001, Peng worked as an acupuncturist during the ...

Max Lu

American officials are spying for China.

Chinese Espionage: Widespread, Ongoing, and Dangerous

John Demers, Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division, has pointed to China as the number one security threat facing the United States. In an interview with NPR, the state official reveals that the scale of Chinese espionage efforts in the U.S. is considerably huge. The Chinese threat There were three espionage incidents discovered ...

Armin Auctor

American officials are spying for China.

Spies & Traitors: UCLA Professor Caught Selling American Tech to China

A 64-year-old former professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been found guilty of stealing microchips from an American company and selling them to the Communist Chinese. The convict, Yi-Chi Shih, faces a maximum prison term of 219 years. Jailed for theft “The Department’s China Initiative is focused on preventing and prosecuting thefts ...

Jack Roberts

The University of California, Los Angeles.

Communist Chinese Military Espionage Exposed by Former Spy

Beijing has a vast network of spies tasked with stealing all kinds of information, with many of them focused on acquiring military technologies. Yao Cheng, a former naval officer and communist spy, recently revealed the secrets behind China’s military spying activities. Steal it if you can’t build it “China is eager to catch up with ...

Max Lu

A military aircraft.

Now, the U.S. and China Are Engaged in a Visa War

While the trade war between America and China is hogging headlines, there is another conflict ratcheting up tensions between the two countries — a visa war. Both nations have been denying visas for scholars from the other side for quite some time now. Denying visas to Chinese   In 2018, the U.S. administration began restricting ...

Jack Roberts

A U.S. passport.