{"id":2021368,"date":"2023-09-04T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roughly-100-incidents-where-chinese-nationals-tried-to-access-u-s-military-sensitive-sites-report\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T12:12:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T16:12:26","slug":"roughly-100-incidents-where-chinese-nationals-tried-to-access-u-s-military-sensitive-sites-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roughly-100-incidents-where-chinese-nationals-tried-to-access-u-s-military-sensitive-sites-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 100 instances recorded of Chinese citizens attempting to gain entry to sensitive U.S. military locations, states report."},"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\">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%2Froughly-100-incidents-where-chinese-nationals-tried-to-access-u-s-military-sensitive-sites-report%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=2021368&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--><h2>Chinese Nationals Posing\u200b as Tourists Pose Spying Threat\u200c to U.S. Military Bases<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Federal officials have raised\u2062 concerns about Chinese \u2064nationals who are disguising themselves as tourists to test \u2064the security of U.S.\u2063 <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> and other sensitive\u200c sites. Approximately 100 incidents have been reported, highlighting a potential spying threat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">These \u200cincidents often occur in rural areas where tourists are\u200c not \u2064commonly found. The Chinese nationals approach security guards using \u200dscripted language instead of engaging\u200b in normal conversation.\u200c When confronted, they claim to be lost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/chinese-gate-crashers-at-u-s-bases-spark-espionage-concerns-cdef8187?mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal,<\/a> \u200d a joint study \u200cby the Defense Department, FBI, and other agencies revealed that these Chinese nationals are required\u2063 to transmit the\u2063 information they gather back to the \u200bCommunist\u200d Chinese government.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe\u200d advantage \u2063the Chinese have \u2064is they are willing to throw people at collection in large numbers,\u201d said Emily Harding, a former deputy staff \u2064director \u2063at the\u200c Senate Select Committee \u2062on\u2063 Intelligence. \u201cIf a few of\u2063 them get caught, it will be very difficult for the U.S. government \u2064to prove anything beyond trespassing, and those \u200cwho don\u2019t get \u200dcaught are likely to collect \u200bsomething useful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some \u200dof\u2062 these\u2064 individuals have\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-open-probe-into-suspected-chinese-cyber-espionage-targeting-federal-agencies\/\" title=\"House Republicans launch investigation into alleged Chinese cyber espionage on US federal agencies.\">gained unauthorized access<\/a> \u200dto\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sensitive-military-messages-accidentally-sent-to-african-nation-due-to-pentagon-typo\/\" title=\"Pentagon Typo Sends Sensitive Military Messages to African Nation\">military \u200bbases<\/a>\u2062 by speeding through \u200dsecurity checkpoints. Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough admitted that these\u2064 individuals are often\u2063 cited \u2063criminally, barred from future installation access, \u200cand escorted off-base.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">When contacted by the Journal,\u200d the Biden \u200bWhite House and the Department of Homeland Security declined to comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe\u200c relevant\u2064 claims are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roughly-100-incidents-where-chinese-nationals-tried-to-access-u-s-military-sensitive-sites-report\/\" title=\"Around 100 instances recorded of Chinese citizens attempting to gain entry to sensitive U.S. military locations, states report.\">purely\u200d ill-intentioned fabrications<\/a>,\u201d declared\u2064 Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Washington. \u201cWe urge the relevant U.S. officials \u200cto abandon the Cold War mentality, \u2063stop groundless accusations, and \u2064do more things \u200bthat are conducive to enhancing mutual\u2063 trust between\u200b the\u2063 two countries \u200band friendship between \u200cthe two peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">One notable\u200c case involved Chinese nationals attempting\u2062 to force\u2062 their way past guards at the \u200dmilitary base in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, home to the Army\u2019s 11th Airborne Division. Chinese nationals \u200dhave \u200calso been repeatedly seen photographing the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/pdf\/449089main_White_Sands_Missile_Range_Fact_Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largest<\/a> overland military test range in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chinese nationals were\u200d also found swimming near a \u200cKey West, Florida, military \u200dfacility, claiming to be tourists. In addition, \u2062some were\u2062 observed scuba diving near Cape \u2064Canaveral, where spy satellites are launched into \u200bspace.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a separate incident, the\u200b U.S. military used an F-22 Raptor armed with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-spy-balloons-flew-over-u-s-under-trump-but-were-only-discovered-after-trump-left-white-house-report\/\" title=\"Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over U.S. Under Trump But Were Only \u2018Discovered After\u2019 Trump Left White House: Report\">single air-<\/a>to-air A9X sidewinder missile \u200cto bring\u200b down \u200ca Chinese\u2063 spy balloon off the coast of South\u2064 Carolina.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike\u2062 Turner (R-OH) expressed his concerns about China&#8217;s aggression, stating, \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing is an\u2062 unbelievable aggression by China.\u2062 If you look at the balloon that \u200dflew over the\u2064 United\u2063 States, the Chinese police stations, the aggressiveness against our\u2062 planes and ships in international waters, it goes right to the heart\u2063 of what\u200b President Xi \u2062said when he stood \u200bnext\u200d to Putin in\u200b Russia, where he said they\u2019re trying to\u200c make change that had \u2063not happened in 100 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Turner emphasized the need for the administration to take action, asserting that China has identified itself as an\u2062 adversary and should be treated as \u200bsuch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/unbelievable-aggression-by-china-house-intel-chairman-responds-to-chinese-military-provocations-against-u-s\">\u2018Unbelievable Aggression By China\u2019: House Intel Chairman Responds \u200cTo Chinese\u200b Military Provocations Against\u200c U.S.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to federal officials, Chinese nationals disguised as tourists have conducted around 100 reported incidents, testing security at military bases and sensitive sites. These occurrences frequently take place in rural areas, where tourists are uncommon. The officials warn of a potential spying threat posed by these individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2021369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-2021368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2021368","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\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}