Text size Beijing on Friday warned Berlin against “manipulation and smearing” China in spying cases, after German police opened an espionage probe into a Chinese national. “We hope that the German side will… stop using so-called espionage cases to engage in manipulation and smearing, and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese citizens…
Text size China on Tuesday slammed as “preposterous” claims that a businessman had used his links with Britain’s Prince Andrew to spy for Beijing, after the UK government voiced mounting concerns over the allegations. “Accusations of so-called Chinese espionage are preposterous,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said, adding that strong ties with London were “in the…
LONDON — An alleged Chinese spy who cultivated close ties with Prince Andrew said Monday he has done “nothing wrong or unlawful” as Britain’s government faced questions about what it is doing to thwart security threats from China. British authorities allege businessman Yang Tengbo — known only as “H6” until a High Court judge lifted…
A Washington, D.C.-based think tank last week released a report detailing facilities in Cuba that it says may be being used by China to gather signals intelligence (SIGINT) on the United States. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) analyzed nearly a dozen “sites of interest” in Cuba and last week released a report…
Dong Yuyu, a former editor at the Guangming Daily, was arrested in 2022 while having lunch with a Japanese diplomat. A court in China has sentenced journalist Dong Yuyu to seven years in prison on spying charges, according to a statement from his family, who called it a “grave injustice”. In its verdict on Friday,…
Times journalist Tom Ball and the Daily Mail’s Dan Woodland also found themselves on the list, alongside a string of entrepreneurs. In a lengthy statement, the Russian foreign ministry said it had been “once again forced to draw attention to the incessant aggressive anti-Russian rhetoric of the British authorities,” as well as to “the illegitimate…
The accused worked for the US armed forces in Germany until recently, according to prosecutors. Germany has arrested a citizen of the United States suspected of offering intelligence on the US military to China while working for US forces in Germany, the Office of the Federal Prosecutor says. According to German prosecutors, the man, identified…
By Michael D. Carroll Breaking News Editor ✓ Link copied to clipboard! Germany’s federal prosecutor office says it has arrested an American citizen who allegedly spied for China. The individual is accused of providing sensitive information to Chinese intelligence services, potentially compromising national security. The man, identified only as Martin D. under German privacy law,…
China’s top spy agency said a tip-off led investigators to crack a case of attempted smuggling of gallium – an essential component in military radar units that is subject to export controls – adding that it would continue to work to shut down theft of the country’s strategic minerals by “foreign espionage agencies”. The Ministry…
The presidential race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris comes as geopolitical tensions escalate on multiple fronts. In the 14th report of an in-depth series, Ling Xin looks at the stakes for Chinese-born scientists after government investigations targeted researchers. Experimental economist Yan Chen is not so much hoping for a Harris win as hoping for…