In the United States and Australia, two cases of Chinese nationals secretly obtaining confidential information was recently exposed. One took photos of a U.S. military base and the other downloaded trade secrets in Sydney. The two perpetrators attended the same university in China: the North University of China, a school with a strong military background.
Zhao Qianli, a 20-year-old Chinese national who was in the United States as an exchange student, pleaded guilty in court for taking photos of the U.S. Naval Air Station Key West in Florida. He was sentenced to one year in prison.
