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China
China’s spy balloon program paused after shoot-down, says US intel
U.S. officials noted that no balloon launch has been detected since February ...
Ryan General
2 Navy sailors arrested for providing sensitive US military information to China
Two California-based Navy sailors have been arrested and charged for releasing sensitive U.S. military information to Chinese intelligence o...
Michelle De Pacina
South Carolina passes bill banning Chinese citizens from buying land
South Carolina’s Senate passed a bill preventing “alien land ownership” on Thursday. Approved by a 31-5 vote, the bill will prevent citizen...
Iris Jung
Government
Pentagon releases selfie of U-2 pilot with Chinese spy balloon taken before shootdown
The Department of Defense has released a selfie taken by the pilot of a U-2 spy plane showing the Chinese spy balloon before it was blown to...
Chandler Treon
China threatens ‘countermeasures’ against ‘US entities’ over downing of spy balloon
China has threatened to enact “countermeasures” against U.S. entities involved in the downing of its wandering spy balloon earlier this mont...
Carl Samson
US responds to China’s claims of American balloons breaching its airspace
The U.S. on Monday refuted China’s allegations that Washington has been sending “high-altitude balloons” into its airspace. The White House’...
Chinese spy balloon could monitor US communications, Biden officials confirm
U.S. officials revealed more details Thursday regarding the Chinese spy balloon that breached American airspace last week, primarily its com...
Downed Chinese balloon is part of larger surveillance program on 5 continents, US officials say
The suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down by the U.S. Air Force above the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend was part of a global surveillanc...
China claims ownership of 2nd balloon spotted over Latin America, denies spying
China on Monday claimed ownership of a second suspected spy balloon spotted in the skies of Latin America, saying the object is of a “civili...
Mississippi lawmaker sparks outrage for racist meme on suspected Chinese spy balloon
A Mississippi state senator has come under fire on Twitter after posting a racist meme referencing the suspected Chinese spy balloon that b...
Blinken cancels China trip after discovery of ‘unacceptable’ spy balloon
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed his weekend trip to China after a high-altitude Chinese balloon was spotted over Montana. Bl...
Chinese corn mill in North Dakota deemed ‘significant threat’ by US Air Force
The construction of a Chinese-owned corn mill in North Dakota will likely be halted after the U.S. Air Force flagged it as a “significant th...
Ex-Chicago grad student sentenced to 8 years in prison for spying for China
Chinese engineer Ji Chaoqun has been sentenced to eight years in prison for spying in the United States for the Chinese government. Ji, 31, ...
Former Chicago graduate student found guilty of spying for China
Ji Chaoqun, 31, a Chinese national living in Chicago, was convicted of spying for the Chinese government after a two-week trial. The forme...
Film & TV
Korea’s ‘My Fellow Citizens!’ gets American remake titled ‘The Company You Keep’ starring Milo Ventimiglia
Milo Ventimiglia and Catherine Haena Kim are set to star in “The Company You Keep,” an American adaptation of the 2019 Korean spy drama “My...
Grace Kim
Chinese man charged for plot to coerce ‘fugitive’ expats in US to return to China
A Chinese national has been charged with conspiring to act as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the U.S. Sun Hoi Ying, 53, rep...
Figure skater Alysa Liu, father targeted by Chinese spies over Tiananmen Square involvement, says report
U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu and her Chinese dissident father, Arthur Liu, were purportedly targeted by a Chinese spying operation in the U...
Bryan Ke
Feature
Alleged Chinese Spy Slept With Mayors, Helped Fundraisers During Obama Administration
A suspected Chinese spy targeted politicians in California’s Bay Area and across the country between 2011 and 2015, a year-long invest...
News
Republican Senator Rick Scott Accuses Every Chinese Citizen of Being a ‘Communist Spy’
Florida Senator Rick Scott has accused every mainland Chinese citizen of being a Communist spy during an interview on the Fox Business netwo...
1,600 Hotel Guests in South Korea Were Secretly Filmed By Hidden Cameras
South Korean authorities recently uncovered a hotel spy camera operation that reportedly victimized hundreds of guests in 30 separate hotels...
Chinese Engineer Accused of Stealing Apple’s Self-Driving Car Secrets for Rival Company in China
The FBI charged a self-driving car engineer at Apple for allegedly stealing trade secrets for a rival company based in China. Jizhong Chen, ...
Civil Rights
The FBI Thinks That Chinese Spies are Everywhere in American Colleges
Many Asian-American advocates expressed their outrage after FBI Director Chris Wray said that Chinese students in the United States may pose...
Politics
50 Years Ago Today, North Korea Humiliated the United States
If North Korea is celebrating one special day that has something to do with the United States, it must be January 23. That’s because 50 year...
Asia
China is Teaching Kids to Spot and Report Spies With New Cartoon
Kids in China are now getting a head start in learning how to spot potential spies through educational cartoons. Last month, the state-run ...
Alleged Chinese Spy Sentenced in First Ever Case of Sharing Nuclear Secrets With China
The fate of the 66-year-old engineer who was found to be working as a spy for the Chinese government will be decided on Wednesday as he face...
Chinese-Born American Jailed in Iran for Allegedly Being a U.S. Spy
A Chinese-born American graduate student at Princeton University, who was arrested in Iran last year on allegations of espionage, has been c...
Asians Are Most Likely to Be Accused of Spying in the U.S., Study Says
Asians are most likely to be charged with the criminal offense of espionage than all other ethnic groups in the United States, a new study h...
Uncategorized
Chinese Government Comics Warn Women That All Handsome White Guys May Be Dirty Spies
Beijing marked its first National Security Education Day last April 15 with the release of anti-foreigner propaganda posters warning against...
Editorial Staff
Starbucks Exec Sees Chinese Man in Starbucks, Immediately Assumes He’s a Spy
Daniel Liu was visiting a Seattle Starbucks roastery on a business trip when a Starbucks executive approached him and said: “I wanna l...
Anthony Orona
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