Peter Shawn Taylor: We let two prominent spies go once we discovered them. Other countries prosecute Chinese spies even it means worsened relations with Beijing

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By Peter Shawn Taylor

Chinese espionage police blotter, U.S. edition:

• January 2021: NASA scientist Mayya Mayyappan sentenced to 30 days in jail for lying to the FBI about participation in China’s Thousand Talents Program, a “program established by the Chinese government to recruit individuals with access to or knowledge of foreign technology or intellectual property,” according to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) news release.

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• April 2023: Charles Lieber, former chair of Harvard University’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, sentenced to jail time served, house arrest and substantial fines for lying about his participation in the Thousand Talents Program. Lieber, whose research was partially funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, had been earning up to US$50,000 a month working clandestinely with the Wuhan University of Technology in China where, according to a DOJ news release, he was classified as a “Strategic Scientist.”

• March 2024: Canadian Klaus Pflugbeil and Chinese national Yilong Shao arrested by the FBI........

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