US-China Relations

Founder of NY Pro-Democracy Group Pleads Guilty to Spying for China

The defendant’s ‘covert operations violated our nation’s sovereignty and threatened the security of New Yorkers,’ said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.
Founder of NY Pro-Democracy Group Pleads Guilty to Spying for China
The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Aug. 7, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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A Chinese man living in New York City has pleaded guilty to spying on his fellow activists on behalf of the Chinese regime’s intelligence agency, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced on Sept. 16.

Tang Yuanjun, 68, a naturalized U.S. citizen, was a prominent figure in New York’s Chinese dissident community, having participated in protests outside the Chinese Consulate in Manhattan and founded a pro-democracy group, the Chinese Democracy Party Eastern U.S. Headquarters Inc., based in Flushing, Queens.

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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