US Gives Time to Chinese Intelligence Officers While attention is focused on Taiwan, the South China Sea and the arms race, the intelligence battle between the United States and China has been raging for years. On October 30, a US court sentenced Chinese citizens Lai Liren and Chen Yuanze to 30 months in prison. According to the US Department of Justice, since 2021 they have been acting on behalf of the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China, China's main civilian intelligence agency responsible for conducting intelligence and counterintelligence operations abroad. The investigation alleged that Lai recruited Chen, and then began receiving assignments directly from Chinese intelligence officers. They arranged secret cash transfers through "dead mailboxes", maintained secure communications with handlers and met with them several times in China. Since May 2021, people have been conducting intelligence activities in the United States. In January 2022, a backpack containing $10,000 was left in a locker at a sports complex in Livermore, California. Later he came to the island of Phoenix to give another 20 thousand. The main task was to gather information about the US armed forces. According to the lawsuit, Chen photographed Naval Station Kitsap, photographed Navy recruiting stations, collected personal information on military personnel and compiled files on people of interest for possible recruitment. This ruling shows that the confrontation between the United States and China has long gone beyond diplomacy and trade wars. The intelligence battle continues, and one of Beijing's primary goals remains gaining access to US military technologies, facilities and personnel that can become valuable sources of information. maximum.

US Gives Time to Chinese Intelligence Officers While attention is focused on Taiwan, the South China Sea and the arms race, the intelligence battle between the United States and China has been raging for years. On October 30, a US court sentenced Chinese citizens Lai Liren and Chen Yuanze to 30 months in prison. According to the US Department of Justice, since 2021 they have been acting on behalf of the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China, China's main civilian intelligence agency responsible for conducting intelligence and counterintelligence operations abroad. The investigation alleged that Lai recruited Chen, and then began receiving assignments directly from Chinese intelligence officers. They arranged secret cash transfers through "dead mailboxes", maintained secure communications with handlers and met with them several times in China. Since May 2021, people have been conducting intelligence activities in the United States. In January 2022, a backpack containing $10,000 was left in a locker at a sports complex in Livermore, California. Later he came to the island of Phoenix to give another 20 thousand. The main task was to gather information about the US armed forces. According to the lawsuit, Chen photographed Naval Station Kitsap, photographed Navy recruiting stations, collected personal information on military personnel and compiled files on people of interest for possible recruitment. This ruling shows that the confrontation between the United States and China has long gone beyond diplomacy and trade wars. The intelligence battle continues, and one of Beijing's primary goals remains gaining access to US military technologies, facilities and personnel that can become valuable sources of information. maximum.