{"id":1942113,"date":"2023-06-01T17:14:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T21:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-tried-to-infiltrate-alaskan-military-bases-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T17:17:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T21:17:10","slug":"chinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-tried-to-infiltrate-alaskan-military-bases-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-tried-to-infiltrate-alaskan-military-bases-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese spies disguised as tourists attempted to infiltrate Alaskan military bases, according to officials."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fchinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-tried-to-infiltrate-alaskan-military-bases-officials-say%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=1942113&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--><section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"Chinese Spies Posing as Tourists Tried To Infiltrate Alaskan Military Bases, Officials Say\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/even-millennials-are-turning-republican-data-show\" data-post-url id=\"print-1743918\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Chinese Spies Infiltrate Alaskan Military Bases<\/h2>\n<p>The Chinese flag flies behind a surveillance camera \/ Reuters<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It&#8217;s like something out of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-tried-to-infiltrate-alaskan-military-bases-officials-say\/\" title=\"Chinese spies disguised as tourists attempted to infiltrate Alaskan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hispanic-caucus-takes-aim-at-african-american-veterans-service-on-key-panel\/\" title=\"Hispanic Caucus Takes Aim at African-American Veteran\u2019s Service on Key Panel\">military bases<\/a>, according to officials.&#8221;>spy movie &#8211; suspected spies<\/a> for the Communist Chinese Party have reportedly entered U.S. military bases in Alaska multiple times, pretending to be lost tourists.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Defend SCOTUS Ads<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Defend SCOTUS Ads<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>One incident involved a car driven by Chinese citizens that passed security checkpoints and entered a base in Fairbanks. Soldiers found a drone in the car but the Chinese occupants claimed to be lost tourists. Other incidents appeared to be attempts to learn about the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-leaders-join-gen-milley-and-release-statement-saying-there-is-no-role-for-us-army-in-martial-law-in-determining-elections\/\" title=\"Army Leaders Join Gen. Milley and Release Statement Saying There Is \u201cNo Role\u201d for US Army in Martial Law in Determining Elections\">military capabilities<\/a> in the state, U.S. officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/05\/31\/suspected-chinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-discovered-in-alaska\/70260712007\/\">told<\/a> <em>USA Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes days after a Chinese fighter jet <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/watch-chinese-fighter-jet-swerves-in-front-of-us-plane\/\">flew<\/a> directly in front of a U.S. airplane, an event the Pentagon called &#8220;unnecessarily aggressive.&#8221; The incident took place on May 26 over the South China Sea, where a Chinese J-16 fighter flew &#8220;in front of the nose of the RC-135, forcing the U.S. aircraft to fly through its wake turbulence,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INDOPACOM\/status\/1663628853800239104\">statement<\/a> from the Indo-Pacific Command said.<\/p>\n<p>Sources briefed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-no-plan-united-states-and-united-kingdom-struggle-to-combat-chinese-influence-officials-say\/\" title=\"US and UK Officials Admit Struggle Against Chinese Influence Without Plan.\">recent high-level meetings<\/a> between officials from the United States and United Kingdom recently <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/we-have-no-plan-united-states-and-united-kingdom-struggle-to-combat-chinese-influence-officials-say\/\">said<\/a> the countries have &#8220;no plan&#8221; on countering China&#8217;s influence.<\/p>\n<p>Most details remain classified about the Alaska base entries, but the supposed tourists, some of whom claimed to be searching for the northern lights, could have ulterior motives, <em>USA Today<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/05\/31\/suspected-chinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-discovered-in-alaska\/70260712007\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Chinese have been known to use tourists, businessmen, and students as cover for espionage activities. The fact that they are sending people to Alaska is a sign of how seriously they are taking their desire to collect intelligence on U.S. military capabilities in the Arctic,&#8221; said John Sipher, a former CIA officer and expert on Russian and Chinese intelligence services.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<h3>Chinese Spies Infiltrate Alaskan Military Bases<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s like something out of a spy movie &#8211; suspected spies for the Communist Chinese Party have reportedly entered U.S. military bases in Alaska multiple times, pretending to be lost tourists.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Defend SCOTUS Ads<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Defend SCOTUS Ads<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One incident involved a car driven by Chinese citizens that passed security checkpoints and entered a base in Fairbanks. Soldiers found a drone in the car but the Chinese occupants claimed to be lost tourists. Other incidents appeared to be attempts to learn about the U.S. military capabilities in the state, U.S. officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/05\/31\/suspected-chinese-spies-posing-as-tourists-discovered-in-alaska\/70260712007\/\">told<\/a> <em>USA Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes days after a Chinese fighter jet <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/watch-chinese-fighter-jet-swerves-in-front-of-us-plane\/\">flew<\/a> directly in front of a U.S. airplane, an event the Pentagon called &#8220;unnecessarily aggressive.&#8221; The incident took place on May 26 over the South China Sea, where a Chinese J-16 fighter flew &#8220;in front of the nose of the RC-135, forcing the U.S. aircraft to fly through its wake turbulence,&#8221; a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/INDOPACOM\/status\/1663628853800239104\">statement<\/a> from the Indo-Pacific Command said.<\/p>\n<p>Sources briefed on recent high-level meetings between officials from the United States and United Kingdom recently <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/we-have-no-plan-united-states-and-united-kingdom-struggle-to-combat-chinese-influence-officials-say\/\">said<\/a> the countries have &#8220;no plan&#8221; on countering China&#8217;s influence.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Chinese have been known to use tourists, businessmen, and students as cover for espionage activities. The fact that they are sending people to Alaska is a sign of how seriously they are taking their desire to collect intelligence on U.S. military capabilities in the Arctic,&#8221; said John Sipher, a former CIA officer and expert on Russian and Chinese intelligence services.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese spies allegedly disguised as tourists have entered US military bases in Alaska multiple times. In one incident, a car driven by Chinese citizens passed security checkpoints and entered a base in Fairbanks. Soldiers discovered a drone. 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