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Written by: Xu Anan
2019-12-15 23:17
Last updated: 2019-12-15 23:17US media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that after two Chinese embassies drove into a special forces military base in Virginia in September, the United States secretly expelled them on the grounds that they were involved in espionage. The newspaper said the incident showed that Washington is responding more aggressively to suspected Chinese espionage.
A report by the New York Times on December 15 pointed out that this appears to be the first time in more than 30 years that a Chinese diplomat suspected of espionage in the United States has been expelled. Neither the United States nor the Chinese government announced this.
The newspaper quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that U.S. officials believed that at least one of the two Chinese embassies was an intelligence officer working under the cover of a diplomat. The two drove away from the chase of U.S. military personnel, and stopped until their way was blocked by a fire truck.
The New York Times cited unnamed U.S. officials as saying that Chinese personnel holding diplomatic passports in recent months have become bolder and will appear in research or government agencies without notification. Sources say their infiltration into military bases is just the most striking example.
The newspaper reported that the incident has deepened the Trump administration's anxiety over Chinese espionage in the United States, as the geopolitical and economic competition between the two countries is increasing.
