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FOX NewsJun 04, 2023
The Facts
Two US Navy personnel have been arrested in California on charges of allegedly passing sensitive military information to China, prosecutors said Thursday.
China-born Jinchao Wei, 22, a machinist's mate aboard the USS Essex, is accused of handing over technical documents, photographs, and video footage of weapons systems and other "critical technology" used aboard the ships to a Chinese intelligence officer.
The Spin
Anti-China narrative
These two American sailors violated their commitments to protect the US and abused the public trust to the PRC's advantage. However, most critically, their arrest reflects the PRC's reckless efforts to harm the US as the defender of the free world and to subvert its laws by tapping sensitive military information. The two cases must be rigorously investigated to defend the US against China as the leading threat to its national security.
Pro-China narrative
The incident is just the latest example of how Washington is constantly hyping cases of Chinese "espionage." The PRC is portrayed as a national security threat while US intelligence agencies boast about rebuilding their spy networks in China. The US is waging a smear campaign against China's counterintelligence, yet it can't hide that it's a world leader in infiltrating other countries, while mass surveillance of US citizens is widespread and extensive.
