Team Infidel
Forum Spin Doctor
New York Times
February 15, 2008
Pg. 8
By David Lague
BEIJING — China denied Thursday that it was conducting espionage operations in the United States, rebutting accusations by the Justice Department this week that four people had passed military secrets to the Chinese government.
The spying accusations were baseless and undermined relations between the countries, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Liu Jianchao, said at a news conference.
“We urge the U.S. to stop its cold war thinking and stop groundless accusations and do more to contribute to mutual trust and friendship between our two peoples,” Mr. Liu said. “I think everyone is weary of this kind of farce, and it should end.”
A Defense Department weapons policy analyst, Gregg W. Bergersen, 51, was arrested and charged Monday with selling classified information about United States military sales to Taiwan to a Taiwanese-born American citizen, Tai Shen Kuo.
Mr. Kuo, 58, was charged with conspiracy to deliver military information to the Chinese government.
A Chinese citizen, Yu Xin Kang, 33, the third person charged in the case, was the conduit for passing the material to China, prosecutors contend.
In a separate case, a former Boeing engineer, Dongfan Chung, 72, known as Greg, was arrested and charged Monday with stealing secrets from Boeing for the Chinese government.
Prosecutors said the two cases were part of Beijing’s determined efforts to acquire American technology through espionage.
These prosecutions are the latest in a string of spying cases in the United States linked to China.
German and British intelligence officials have also warned in recent months that China has intensified its clandestine efforts to collect military secrets and advanced technology.
February 15, 2008
Pg. 8
By David Lague
BEIJING — China denied Thursday that it was conducting espionage operations in the United States, rebutting accusations by the Justice Department this week that four people had passed military secrets to the Chinese government.
The spying accusations were baseless and undermined relations between the countries, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Liu Jianchao, said at a news conference.
“We urge the U.S. to stop its cold war thinking and stop groundless accusations and do more to contribute to mutual trust and friendship between our two peoples,” Mr. Liu said. “I think everyone is weary of this kind of farce, and it should end.”
A Defense Department weapons policy analyst, Gregg W. Bergersen, 51, was arrested and charged Monday with selling classified information about United States military sales to Taiwan to a Taiwanese-born American citizen, Tai Shen Kuo.
Mr. Kuo, 58, was charged with conspiracy to deliver military information to the Chinese government.
A Chinese citizen, Yu Xin Kang, 33, the third person charged in the case, was the conduit for passing the material to China, prosecutors contend.
In a separate case, a former Boeing engineer, Dongfan Chung, 72, known as Greg, was arrested and charged Monday with stealing secrets from Boeing for the Chinese government.
Prosecutors said the two cases were part of Beijing’s determined efforts to acquire American technology through espionage.
These prosecutions are the latest in a string of spying cases in the United States linked to China.
German and British intelligence officials have also warned in recent months that China has intensified its clandestine efforts to collect military secrets and advanced technology.