{"id":2021472,"date":"2023-09-04T14:24:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-beijings-plan-underway-chinese-nationals-being-caught-near-or-on-us-military-bases\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:28:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:28:22","slug":"is-beijings-plan-underway-chinese-nationals-being-caught-near-or-on-us-military-bases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-beijings-plan-underway-chinese-nationals-being-caught-near-or-on-us-military-bases\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Chinese Nationals Near US Military Bases? Beijing&#8217;s Plan in Action?"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fis-beijings-plan-underway-chinese-nationals-being-caught-near-or-on-us-military-bases%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=2021472&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>Is Beijing&#8217;s Plan Underway?\u200d Chinese Nationals Being Caught \u2062Near or on US Military Bases<\/h2>\n<p>More\u2062 than 100 \u200dincidents where Chinese nationals have accessed or neared U.S. military bases and other\u200b sensitive locations have sparked suspicions of a \u2062wider espionage campaign driven by Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI, Department of Defense, and other agencies have dubbed the situation, where Chinese nationals appear to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-beijings-plan-underway-chinese-nationals-being-caught-near-or-on-us-military-bases\/\" title=\"Are Chinese Nationals Near US Military Bases? Beijing's Plan in Action?\">feign accidentally approaching high-security<\/a> U.S. military installations and other federal \u2064sites, \u201cgate-crashing,\u201d and\u200b have conducted base security reviews since 2018, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. officials. The officials said the practice appears intended to stress-test security measures at the military sites as a form of low-effort reconnaissance \u200dor espionage.<\/p>\n<p>Usually,\u200d the incidents involve Chinese nationals whom officials believe Beijing has \u200dforced \u2063into performing\u2062 the\u200d operations and reporting back to the \u200bgovernment, officials\u200b familiar with the matter told the Journal.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200drecent\u2064 years, Chinese\u200c nationals were found photographing a missile range in New Mexico, as \u200dwell as scuba\u200b diving in murky Florida waters that happened to be near a rocket \u2064launch site. Sometimes, they claim Google Maps directed them to the nearest McDonald&#8217;s or Burger King on a military base or\u200b made reservations for an on-base hotel. They often revert to similar language when apprehended by security guards\u2062 and pretend to be lost tourists.<\/p>\n<p>Once, a group \u2062of Chinese nationals claiming to be tourists with reservations at\u200c a hotel on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, tried to push past gate guards.<\/p>\n<p>Officials\u200c say the trend is only increasing in scope \u200cand is often successful.<\/p>\n<h3>Chinese nationals gain access\u200c to military bases \u201coften by speeding through security checkpoints,\u201d Sue Gough, a Pentagon spokeswoman, told the \u2062Journal.<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThese individuals are often cited criminally, barred from future installation \u2064access and escorted off-base.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Will the United \u2062States go to war \u2063with China?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you \u200bto The Western Journal news updates \u2063free of charge. \u2062You \u200bmay opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 100% (1 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe relevant \u200cclaims\u2062 are purely ill-intentioned fabrications,\u201d\u200d said Liu Pengyu, a \u2063representative \u2064for the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C. \u201cWe urge the relevant U.S. officials to abandon the Cold War mentality, <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.\">stop groundless accusations<\/a>, and \u2062do more things that are conducive to enhancing mutual trust between\u200b the two countries and friendship between the two peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The White House \u2062and Department of Homeland Security\u2062 did not comment, while the Pentagon responded in vague terms and\u200c the FBI \u200bdeclined to comment on the officials\u2019 claims.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gotion Inc.\u2019s parent firm ran field trips to\u2063 CCP sites in China, during which staff wore RED ARMY uniforms \u2063&#038; swore\u2063 CCP OATHS<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026to fight for communism as long as I live\u2026\u201d@DailyCaller recently reported Gotion High-Tech employs 923 CCP members (including its CEO)<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tpn2Jwynb9\">pic.twitter.com\/Tpn2Jwynb9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philip Lenczycki \u8521\u5cb3 (@LenczyckiPhilip) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LenczyckiPhilip\/status\/1697340727695725006?\">August 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, who\u200d sits on the intelligence committee, said Congress is considering legislation to fill in the \u200dgap where states, not the \u200cfederal government, are responsible for trespassing laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to work \u200bclosely with our state and local partners\u2062 to train them \u2062and equip them,\u201d he told the Journal. \u201cRight now, they don\u2019t know how to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese embassy\u200d in the U.S. did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All \u2064content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an \u2062independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"Trump Weighs In on Deadly Subway Clash After DeSantis Calls Marine a 'Good Samaritan'\">nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available\u2064 without charge to \u2064any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our\u200c logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions \u2064about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/beijings-plan-underway-chinese-nationals-caught-near-us-military-bases\/\">Is Beijing&#8217;s Plan Underway? Chinese Nationals \u2064Being Caught \u200bNear\u200d or \u2064on US Military\u200b Bases<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sensitive sites, as a potential espionage campaign orchestrated by Beijing. Over 100 incidents involving Chinese nationals accessing or approaching U.S. military bases have raised concerns. The FBI, Department of Defense, and other agencies are closely monitoring these occurrences, as individuals seem to pretend accidental proximity to highly secure installations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":899,"featured_media":2021473,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2021472","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\/899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}