Tag: espionage

DOJ’s Halt to Program Targeting CCP Espionage a Show of ‘Weakness’: Sen. Cotton

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent decision to scrap the “China Initiative,” a Trump-era effort to thwart economic espionage by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is “another instance of weakness” by the Biden administration, a U.S. senator says. “The CCP has stolen trillions of dollars of American intellectual property, destroyed millions of American jobs, and turned students…


Federal Court Affirms China’s Overseas Agency in Canada Engaged in Espionage

A federal court judge has affirmed that an overseas agency of China is involved in acts of espionage that go against Canada’s interests. In a ruling on Jan. 19, Justice Vanessa Rochester wrote that there are enough grounds to believe that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office (OCAO) has engaged in espionage activities that are “contrary…


GOP Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Ban Top CCP Officials’ Family Members From Studying in the US

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) introduced a bill on Feb. 16 that would bar high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials and their family members from studying in the U.S. colleges, a move she said woulld combat the regime’s efforts to “undermine” the United States. “We have to realize that China has a plan for world domination,”…


Ex-Navy Nuclear Engineer Pleads Guilty in Submarine Espionage Case

A former U.S. Navy engineer pleaded guilty on Monday to attemptign to sell secrets about nuclear-powered submarines to a foreign country. As part of a deal with prosecutors, Jonathan Toebbe, 43, admitted to a federal court in Martinsburg, West Virginia, to conspiring with his wife to pass on restricted data, a violation of the Atomic…


Maryland Man Charged With Espionage to Appear in Court for Plea Hearing Monday

By Taylor DeVille From The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE—A former U.S. Naval nuclear engineer accused of trying to sell secrets to a foreign government is due to appear in court Monday for a plea hearing. Jonathan Toebbe of Annapolis and his wife, Dana Toebbe, previously pleaded not guilty to charges of espionage in October. A plea…


India Bans 54 More Chinese Apps Over National Security Concerns

NEW DELHI—The Indian government has issued an order banning 54 Chinese mobile applications that it says constitute a threat to the country’s national security, according to local reports. The move is the latest in a series of similar bans instituted amid a protracted border dispute between the two sides. The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs…


The Best Media China Can Buy—or Blackmail

Commentary In April 2019 the Houston Chronicle, in collaboration with Science magazine, published an article documenting an extensive FBI investigation into communist China’s infiltration of major U.S. medical research institutions. One target was the MD Anderson Cancer Center, located in Houston, Texas. Emory University’s medical research institute (Atlanta, Georgia) was also a Chinese bullseye. In…


CCP Intent on Eliminating Dissenting Voices Among Overseas Chinese: Report

From identifying “enemies” and monitoring diaspora to manipulating local organizations, Beijing is using every means in its toolbox to silence those among the Chinese community in Canada it views as threats, a government report alleges. The report, obtained by Global News and reported on Jan. 26, alleged that China is actively engaged in a “systematic…


CCP Intent on Eliminating Dissenting Voices in Overseas Chinese Communities: Canadian Government Report

From identifying “enemies” and monitoring dissidents to manipulating local organizations, Beijing is using every means in its toolbox to silence those in overseas Chinese communities, including in Canada, it views as a threat, according to a government report. The report showed that China is actively engaged in a “systematic campaign of intelligence-gathering, persuasion, influence, and…


‘A History of Being Infiltrated’: Why Is Canada Not Catching Any Chinese Spies?

News Analysis Security expert Julian Spencer-Churchill questions why Canada can’t convict any Chinese spies. “We have a history of being infiltrated. We have no one convicted. And based upon rates of what’s going on in America [regarding convicting spies], we should have done it,” Spencer-Churchill, an associate professor of international relations at Concordia University, said…