The Portrait of a Spying "Olympic Host" -- China Denies Justice
Department’s Accusations of Espionage

The New York Times

February 15, 2008

China Denies Justice Department’s Accusations of Espionage
By DAVID LAGUE

BEIJING ― China denied Thursday that it was conducting espionage
operations in the United States, rebutting accusations by the Justice
Department this week that four people had passed military secrets to the
Chinese government.

The spying accusations were baseless and undermined relations between
the countries, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Liu Jianchao, said
at a news conference.

“We urge the U.S. to stop its cold war thinking and stop groundless
accusations and do more to contribute to mutual trust and friendship
between our two peoples,” Mr. Liu said. “I think everyone is weary of
this kind of farce, and it should end.”

A Defense Department weapons policy analyst, Gregg W. Bergersen, 51, was
arrested and charged Monday with selling classified information about
United States military sales to Taiwan to a Taiwanese-born American
citizen, Tai Shen Kuo.

Mr. Kuo, 58, was charged with conspiracy to deliver military information
to the Chinese government.

A Chinese citizen, Yu Xin Kang, 33, the third person charged in the
case, was the conduit for passing the material to China, prosecutors
contend.

In a separate case, a former Boeing engineer, Dongfan Chung, 72, known
as Greg, was arrested and charged Monday with stealing secrets from
Boeing for the Chinese government.

Prosecutors said the two cases were part of Beijing’s determined efforts
to acquire American technology through espionage.

These prosecutions are the latest in a string of spying cases in the
United States linked to China.

German and British intelligence officials have also warned in recent
months that China has intensified its clandestine efforts to collect
military secrets and advanced technology.

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