China has said that it has uncovered a Chinese national suspected of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and providing it "core secret information" in exchange for "a huge amount of compensation." The 52-year-old Chinese national, identified as Zeng, was working for a military-industrial group and was sent to Italy for studies where he reportedly became friends with a CIA agent. Chinese officials alleged that Zeng signed a contract with the United States and was trained to spy on China. China said that “compulsory measures” have been taken against Zeng..and his case has been sent to China’s state prosecutors but did not give any further details.
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00:00 China has said that it has uncovered a Chinese national suspected of spying for the US Central
00:07 Agency and providing it core secret information in exchange for a huge amount of compensation.
00:13 The 52-year-old Chinese national identified only as Zheng was working for a military industrial
00:19 group and was sent to Italy for studies where he reportedly became friends with a CIA agent.
00:25 Chinese officials allege that Zheng signed a contract with the United States and was
00:29 trained to spy on China.
00:31 China also said that compulsory measures have been taken against Zheng and his case has
00:35 now been sent to China's state prosecutors but did not give any further details.
00:40 The CIA agent in question, identified as Seth, gained Zheng's confidence and then convinced
00:46 him to share sensitive information about the Chinese military.
00:50 China's increasing focus on national security has been one of the reasons for its increasingly
00:54 thorny relations with the United States.
00:58 The US has accused China of espionage and China has also maintained that it is under
01:03 threat from foreign spies.
01:04 Washington has often accused Beijing of espionage and cyber attacks, a charge that China has
01:10 outrightly been rejecting.
01:12 China has also declared that it is under threat from spies worldwide and has stepped up its
01:17 oversight of what it deems espionage activities.
01:20 Earlier this month, China, citing national security, had called on its citizens to get
01:26 involved in counter-espionage activities.
01:29 Beijing has also been trying to ramp up its efforts to tackle spying activities and last
01:35 month had revised its anti-espionage law which gives authorities wide-ranging powers to punish
01:41 anyone deemed threatening its national security.
01:45 Last month, China had also introduced an espionage law which bans the transfer of any information
01:51 related to national security and interests without defining those terms.
01:56 The new law had alarmed the United States while the European Union ambassador to China
02:00 had said that he was not sure that the opening up of the Chinese economy was compatible with
02:05 the counter-espionage law.
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