The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Oct. 25 unveiled charges on 10 Chinese intelligence officers and officials over their alleged involvement in conducting espionage campaigns in the United States to further communist China’s strategic interests.
The charges across three separate cases accuse agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conspiring to forcibly repatriate Chinese dissidents living in the United States, obstructing the criminal prosecution of a Chinese telecommunications company, developing pro-China spies within the United States, and illegally acting as agents of the CCP’s intelligence and security apparatus.
“As these cases demonstrate, the government of China sought to interfere with the rights and freedoms of individuals in the United States and to undermine our judicial system that protects those rights,” said U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in a statement. “They did not succeed.”…