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Chinese “student” studying in US is indicted for actually being a Chinese Army officer
War is Boring ^ | January 29, 2020 | Staff Writer

Posted on 01/30/2020 4:21:30 AM PST by gattaca

(PLA Lieutenant Ye was charged in federal indictments Tuesday, along Dr. Charles Lieber (pictured in Wuhan in 2011), chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University.)

A Chinese People’s Liberation Army lieutenant spied on the United States while doing “research” on a J-1 visa at a Massachusetts University.

Yanqing Ye, a PLA officer with ties to the Chinese Communist Party, was one of three individuals indicted with aiding China and hiding connections.

Others caught in the indictment include Dr. Charles Lieber, chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, and Chinese national Zaosong Zheng.

The three indictments -which may or may not be related- are reported to be part of China’s ongoing mission to siphon off of US technological achievements and scientific research.

According to Mass Live, Ye’s handler was a colonel in the PLA and professor at the National University of Defense Technology, a major military academy in China.

When Ye signed her visa documentation, she lied about being discharged from the military.

“Ye falsely identified herself as a ‘student’ and lied about her ongoing military service at the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), a top military academy directed by the CCP,” the US Attorney’s Office said.

The lieutenant managed to avoid scrutiny as she “studied” in the United States from October 2017 to April 2019, but was eventually caught while at the airport, where she admitted to FBI agents that she was a lieutenant in the PLA and was a member of the CCP.

“Ye acted as an agent for the Chinese government, yet she never notified the Attorney General as required for agents working for a foreign government,” federal records state.

One of Ye’s missions was to research an American professor who focused on computer security, digital forensics and computer software engineering at the US Naval Postgraduate School in California.


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KEYWORDS: china; education; espionage; pla; spying
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"Others caught in the indictment include Dr. Charles Lieber, chairman of the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University..."

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/01/28/massachusetts-china-indictments-charles-lieber-yanqing-ye-zaosong-zheng/

1 posted on 01/30/2020 4:21:30 AM PST by gattaca
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And the Chinese will keep infiltrating our universities and research facilities because there is no harsh penalty for being caught. For every spy sent home, two more spies come and do research paid for by US grant money. Let the Chinese be educated at their own facilities and stop giving them visas.


2 posted on 01/30/2020 4:26:19 AM PST by Savage Rider
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To: gattaca

Should have nuked the Chicoms back in 51 like MacArthur wanted to. Right?


3 posted on 01/30/2020 4:28:30 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: gattaca

This would have been going on even more so if we had ended up with President Hillary/Huma.


4 posted on 01/30/2020 4:36:12 AM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: gattaca
Thousands of Chinese spies are now here .
We let them steal research jobs and regular white collar jobs .
Its time to clean house and stop this invasion .
The Chinese have flooded our universities on purpose .

Including the Invasion happening here linked to that man made virus .
The Chinese are flooding our airports.

5 posted on 01/30/2020 4:43:01 AM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalist)
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Should have nuked the Chicoms back in 51 like MacArthur wanted to. Right?

No, because we should have Nuked Stalin back in '46 first.

Then there probably wouldn't have been any Chicoms, their backdoor support being non-existent.

6 posted on 01/30/2020 4:50:45 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: gattaca

I had multiple dinner with a guy and his wife in the 90s at my college who was rather high up in the Chinese Army.

I figured it must be okay if he got in. He was one of a relatively few Chinese admitted to that school, at that time.


7 posted on 01/30/2020 4:51:00 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: grey_whiskers; HighSierra5

“...because we should have Nuked Stalin back in ‘46 first....”

George Patton sure knew who the enemy was, for sure.


8 posted on 01/30/2020 4:54:47 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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The universities are complicit in this; they charge far more for a foreign student than they can get out of an American. This isn’t even new; it was already happening decades ago when I was in college.


9 posted on 01/30/2020 4:55:26 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Savage Rider
With the Internet, near instantaneous communications and super fast transfer of data, it's well nigh impossible to keep technological secrets any more.
Even with all the super tight security of the Manhattan Project in the 40’s, Stalin still managed to steal America's nuclear secrets in next to no time.
10 posted on 01/30/2020 5:06:50 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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One of Ye’s missions was to research an American professor who focused on computer security, digital forensics and computer software engineering at the US Naval Postgraduate School in California.>>>>>

The Espionage Act still carries the death penalty.

Use it.

The CHICOMS will not pay attention to anything else.


11 posted on 01/30/2020 5:07:11 AM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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We can put a stop to this by only allowing education visas for Chinese beginning a program of study up to age 20.... Or we could sabotage them by allowing them to study only “social sciences” and “studies” courses.


12 posted on 01/30/2020 5:11:19 AM PST by captain_dave
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Makes me wonder about this corobavirius. ..perhaps it’s a weapon to take over the world. ..


13 posted on 01/30/2020 5:11:45 AM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: HighSierra5

Yep

That Fn Truman let them get in power


14 posted on 01/30/2020 5:13:52 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Guns up . . . We cominÂ’ PS: Eric The Blower Ciaramella. PASS IT ON)
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To: gattaca

Isn’t diversity and inclusiveness wonderful?


15 posted on 01/30/2020 5:46:54 AM PST by ealgeone
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Didn’t Hunter Biden invest in restricted technology for China?


16 posted on 01/30/2020 5:47:25 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: gattaca

Maybe he was Chinese National Guard who only joined to pay for college....


17 posted on 01/30/2020 5:47:26 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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To: HighSierra5

wrong

McArthur’s Korean failure was a disgrace. He got American troops killed by the brigade


18 posted on 01/30/2020 5:53:01 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: gattaca

Our universities are crawling with Chinese military plants in their 300,000+ students enrolled in US, but the administrators love it because the Chinese pay full price for the fake “students.” No problem for the Chi-Coms to pay the bill. They just recycle our dollars from their Walmart and Apple sales.


19 posted on 01/30/2020 6:13:38 AM PST by txrefugee
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If it wasn’t for Chinese (or Indian) grad students in university science/engineering programs, there would be
no grad students.


20 posted on 01/30/2020 6:32:52 AM PST by indthkr
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