Inside the CCP’s Campaign to Spy on Americans

"CCP virus," a sculpture by Chen Weiming, is seen destroyed at Liberty Square Park in Yermo, California, in this undated photo. Courtesy of Chen Weiming

An Army veteran running for Congress, an Olympic figure skater, and a pro-democracy activist were among those targeted in an alleged plot by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to harass, intimidate, and spy on ethnic Chinese dissidents in the United States.

Federal prosecutors unsealed charges against five men in three separate cases on March 16, whom they accused of acting as agents of the Chinese communist regime. Two of the defendants allegedly worked directly for the Ministry of State Security (MSS), the CCP’s top intelligence agency.