American intelligence agencies suspected of spying a possible Chinese agent Christina Fan, who previously spent a lot of time with politicians Democratic Party in California, reports Axios.
It is noted that the Chinese woman moved to San Francisco in 2011. While attending a local university, she practiced activism as head of the student diaspora association. During this time, she managed to establish contacts with local politicians and get the position of fundraiser for Congressman Eric Swalwell. In addition, the Chinese woman is credited with having sexual relations, it is alleged that she slept with at least two mayors of the cities. At the same time, Fan unexpectedly returned to China in 2015, probably due to the fact that she noticed the surveillance of the special services.
August 18 it was reported that the United States exposed a spy for more than 10 years in benefit of China, 67-year-old ex-employee CIA . We are talking about a naturalized US citizen Alexander Yuk Chin Ma. He is accused of spying for a bounty, claiming that he first received $ 50,000 in 2001 from a Beijing intelligence official for the first data set. Subsequently, this scheme was repeated regularly for 10 years, and the rewards were not limited to money. The detainee faces life imprisonment.
Relations between China and the United States have remained tense lately – the countries are waging a trade war. In addition, disagreements over the coronavirus and Hong Kong are causing serious relationship problems.