CCP Spy Sentenced to 20 Years for Stealing Aviation Secrets

CCP Spy Sentenced to 20 Years for Stealing Aviation Secrets
Yanjun Xu. Butler County, Ohio, jail via AP
Andrew Thornebrooke
Eva Fu
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The first Chinese communist intelligence officer ever to be extradited to the United States was sentenced on Nov. 16 to 20 years in federal prison.

Xu Yanjun, 42, had been found guilty in November 2021 of leading a ring of Chinese agents that targeted U.S. aviation companies, recruiting their employees to travel to China, and soliciting their proprietary information on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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