{"id":1851452,"date":"2023-02-17T13:49:33","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851452"},"modified":"2023-02-17T13:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:52:18","slug":"spy-balloons-may-grab-headlines-but-china-has-far-more-subtle-and-effective-methods-of-spying-on-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spy-balloons-may-grab-headlines-but-china-has-far-more-subtle-and-effective-methods-of-spying-on-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Spy Balloons May Grab Headlines, But China Has Far More Subtle And Effective Methods Of Spying On Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspy-balloons-may-grab-headlines-but-china-has-far-more-subtle-and-effective-methods-of-spying-on-us%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851452&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Americans breathed an exhale of relief after the U.S. Air Force brought down a Chinese spy satellite off the coast South Carolina on February 4. After being first seen in Montana, the balloon had travelled almost all across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Because the debris could cause collateral harm to civilians below, the Biden administration decided not to shoot the balloon down while it was above land. The U.S. began quickly to remove the debris from the craft in order to determine what type of technology it contained.<\/p>\n<p>Since the downing of China\u2019s would-be instrument of high-altitude espionage, several more strange craft have been spotted and downed over America\u2019s skies. U.S. intelligence personnel have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/02\/07\/china-spy-balloon-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> The communist country used the balloon to spy on military bases in Japan and India. President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. does not believe that these additional objects are part of China\u2019s spy program, but apprehension about China\u2019s attempts to spy on the United States has come to the forefront of the national consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, however, the CCP used far more sophisticated and subtle methods to extract information from Americans than just simple balloons.<\/p>\n<p>The CCP&#8217;s favorite tactic in the ongoing economic war with the United States is corporate espionage. There were 160 instances of Chinese spying since 2000. 51% attempted to steal American technology. This compares to 34% that attempted to acquire military tech, and 16% that attempted information on politicians or government agencies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/programs\/strategic-technologies-program\/archives\/survey-chinese-espionage-united-states-2000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> To the Center for Strategic and International Studies<\/p>\n<p>Chinese spy spies were caught trying to smuggle data from pharmaceuticals to nanotechnology back to the CCP. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-64206950\">According<\/a> BBC. These espionage efforts also include some of the largest companies in the U.S. \u2014 a Chinese national was sentenced to 20 years in prison in January for trying to steal information about jet turbines from General Electric.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Wray, FBI Director, was present at a London meeting to discuss the threat from Chinese spy programs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/07\/06\/politics\/fbi-mi5-wray-china\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a> Chinese companies had paid law enforcement to catch people trying to steal genetically engineered seeds from farms in rural areas. Chinese agents could steal intellectual property from the United States and cost them up to $600billion a year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbr.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/pdfs\/publications\/IP_Commission_Report_Update.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According<\/a> To a report by the National Bureau of Asian Research.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese agents and associates have also managed infiltrate American universities, laboratories and other institutions to steal valuable research.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. will be a major economic power in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/sep\/10\/us-cancels-1000-china-student-visas-claiming-ties-to-military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cancelled<\/a> Due to fears that they might have ties to China, over 1000 visas were issued to Chinese students and researchers attending American universities.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Thousand Talents Program, which aims to partner with leading foreign researchers, has been accused of facilitating the theft of research. Between 1987 and 2021, over 160 researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, one of the nation\u2019s top locations for nuclear research, returned to China, with dozens returning under the Thousand Talents program. Those researchers went on. \u201cadvance key military and dual-use technologies in areas such as hypersonics, deep-earth penetrating warheads, unmanned aerial vehicles, jet engines, and submarine noise reduction,\u201d A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.striderintel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Strider-Los-Alamos-Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report<\/a> Strider Technologies.<\/p>\n<p>CSIS estimates that more than a quarter of Chinese espionage scheme perpetrators are non-Chinese agents.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Lieber, the former head of Harvard University\u2019s Chemistry Department, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-12-22\/harvard-professor-found-guilty-of-hiding-ties-to-china#xj4y7vzkg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found guilty<\/a> In December 2021, Lieber was accused of concealing his connections to the Thousand Talents program. Lieber received $50,000 per month from Wuhan University of Technology for his participation in the program. He also received $1.5 million in grants which he did not disclose. Prosecutors claimed Lieber submitted patent applications and wrote articles for the Chinese university.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Fang, a suspected Chinese spy, enrolled at an American college. She allegedly formed sexual relationships with two Midwestern mayors between 2011 and 2015. Eric Swalwell, a Democratic Representative, was one of her main targets. She helped fundraise for his 2014 re-election campaign as well as place an intern in Swalwell\u2019s office, sources told Axios.<\/p>\n<p>Fang\u2019s behavior caught the attention of federal law enforcement, and the congressman severed ties with her after they gave him a briefing on their findings. Fang fled the country before the investigation was completed in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell\u2019s office told the outlet that he \u201cprovided information about this person \u2014 whom he met more than eight years ago, and whom he hasn\u2019t seen in nearly six years \u2014 to the FBI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Swalwell\u2019s alleged association with Fang has become a meme among conservatives, intelligence officials are concerned that it\u2019s part of a larger effort to cultivate influence among U.S. politicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was just one of lots of agents,\u201d A intelligence official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2020\/12\/08\/china-spy-california-politicians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telled<\/a> Axios. The FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2020\/02\/12\/fbi-china-us-political-influence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Created<\/a> a unit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans breathed a sigh of relief when the U.S. Air Force shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on February 4. The balloon had floated almost entirely across the country after it was first sighted in Montana. The Biden administration refrained from shooting down the balloon while it was over &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1548,"featured_media":1834135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[17521,4501,6051,15753,12620,17895,6893,9541,17579],"class_list":["post-1851452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-balloons","tag-china","tag-effective","tag-grab","tag-headlines","tag-methods","tag-spy","tag-spying","tag-subtle"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1548"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}