China Detains Military Worker Accused of Spying for CIA

China, ramping up “anti-spy” efforts, arrested a military worker they say was recruited into spying for the CIA on a study trip to Rome.

Chinese military delegates arrive at the Great Hall of the People before the third plenary session of China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), in Beijing on March 12, 2015. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images

China’s Ministry of State Security announced on Friday that a military-industrial worker had been detained for allegedly passing sensitive information to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

State-run media reported that “compulsory measures” have been taken against the alleged spy, and the case has been turned over to the prosecutors.