The former head of China Geological Survey has been charged with bribe-taking and leaking state secrets by the country’s highest prosecutorial agency. Zhong Ziran, 62, is accused of using his senior positions at the natural resources ministry as well as its affiliated China Geological Survey to take a “particularly big” amount of bribes, the Supreme … Read more
It said a Chinese citizen had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking confidential and classified-level documents to foreign spy agencies through a courier service. The suspect, identified only by the surname Zhang, was discovered after another Chinese resident reported that “classified publications” had been leaked, according to the post. The ministry’s investigation … Read more
The 74 articles in the regulations address the dozen-plus new provisions in the revised state secrets law, which took effect in May. Under the regulations, heads of government departments with the authority to determine state secrets will be responsible for defining them. Those officials are required to draw up a “list of state secrets” within … Read more
It also shared details of three cases involving drones, including one where a military technology enthusiast used a drone with a remote high-definition camera function to “illegally photograph” a new type of warship to brag on military forums in November 2021. The man, identified only by the surname Luo, was sentenced to a year in … Read more
Zhang, who is retired from a state-owned enterprise, is a military enthusiast who likes to collect newspapers and magazines. He saw there were some books related to military topics at the recycling station and bought four of them for six yuan (US$0.83). However, Zhang later noticed that the books were marked with the words “confidential” … Read more
It cited several cases of government officials using cloud storage to store classified information, adding that they had “weak security awareness” and had been punished. But it did not say whether the cases involved espionage or what punishment the officials received. To prevent data leaks, the ministry urged officials and employees of government departments “involved … Read more
China’s top spy agency sounded an alarm on Monday about foreign NGOs and foundations, saying two organisations had stolen “environmental data” from China under the guise of research and environmental protection. The allegations were outlined in an article posted on the Ministry of State Security’s public WeChat account, and referred to two cases of theft … Read more
The new local regulation was jointly issued by Jiangsu’s anti-spy agency, the state security department and the provincial postal bureau and took effect on April 15, making it the first government document in China to reward delivery companies and delivery workers for tip-offs about spying. 05:29 China executes scientist for spying in 2016, among 10 … Read more
According to the documentary, Huang Yu, then a researcher at a top secret communication system development project, sent a note to “the website of a certain country’s spy agency” containing classified Chinese military codes. Huang was bitter after being removed from a unit that was working on the project due to poor work performance and … Read more
In the video, a man travels in time to remind his past self to stay alert and avoid leaking information related to the economy, technology and military to the consultancy. China warns foreign hackers are infiltrating business and government networks Over the past year, the state security ministry has become more active on social media … Read more
