'China's Spying At Cold War Levels'

[Flintlock]

China's Spying At Cold War Levels'

Updated:23:50, Monday February 11, 2008

A former Boeing aerospace engineer has been charged with stealing Space Shuttle secrets for China.
In a second case, three people - including a US Defense Department weapons expert - are being held on suspicion of spying for Beijing.


The US Justice Department described it as a "serious breach of national security" and said it showed China's spying efforts "are approaching Cold War levels".

The engineer was arrested at his home in Orange County, California, on allegations he supplied trade secrets from several aerospace programmes, including the Space Shuttle.

Dongfan "Greg" Chung, 72, was employed by Rockwell International from 1973 until its defence and space unit was acquired by Boeing in 1996.


Chung is alleged to have supplied trade secrets relating to the Space Shuttle, the C-17 military transport aircraft, and the Delta IV rocket.

In a second case, two men and a woman - including a US Defense Department official - are alleged to have passed classified US government documents to China.

They were named as Tai Shen Kuo, 58, and Yu Xin Kang, 33, both from New Orleans, Louisiana, and Gregg Bergersen, 51, of Alexandria, Virginia.

The first two have been charged with "conspiracy to disclose national defence information to a foreign government". The maximum penalty is life behind bars.


Bergersen, a US weapons systems policy analyst, is accused of "conspiracy to disclose national defence information to persons not entitled to receive it".

This charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

US Attorney Chuck Rosenberg said: "Those who compromise classified national security information betray the enormous responsibility and trust placed in them by our government and the American people."

According to court documents, the charges relate to a two-year period between January 2006 and February 2008.

Last November, a US congressional panel report said China presented an array of spy threats to Washington, including "currency manipulation" and computer espionage.

Beijing hit back, calling the claims "insulting" and "misleading".

Space Shuttle: Ex-Boeing Engineer Dongfan "Greg" Chung Charged With Stealing Secrets For China |Sky News|World News

 

[mujahideen]

Russia, China propose new treaty to ban arms in space

* Russia criticises US plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe

GENEVA: Russia and China have proposed a new treaty to ban the use of weapons in space, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a conference on disarmament in Geneva on Tuesday.

“Without preventing an arms race in space, international security will be wanting,” Lavrov told the conference. “The task of preventing an arms race in space is on the conference’s agenda. It’s time... to start serious practical work in this field,” he said.

Concerns over a new arms race in space have been growing since China tested an anti-satellite missile last January, sparking a diplomatic outcry. The United States also has its own anti-satellite programme ranging from laser cannon to satellite destroying missiles.

The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 bans the build up or stockage of military weapons - including nuclear arms or weapons of mass destruction - in orbit and their installation on the moon, but not the shooting down of satellites.

“Weapons deployment in space by one state will inevitably result in a chain reaction. And this, in turn, is fraught with a new spiral in the arms race both in space and on the earth,” Lavrov said.

Russia criticises US plans: The Russian minister also reiterated his criticisms of the United States’s plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe.

“We cannot but feel concerned over the situation where ... there are increasing efforts by the United States to deploy its global ABM (anti-ballistic missile) system,” Lavrov said. “The desire to acquire an anti-missile ‘shield’ while dismantling the ‘sheath’, where the nuclear ‘sword’ is kept is extremely dangerous,” he added.

Washington is currently negotiating with Warsaw and Prague on the possible installation of 10 interceptor missile sites in Poland by 2012 and associated radar stations in the Czech Republic. The US says the sites are neeed as part of a gradually-developing shield to ward off potential attacks by what it calls “rogue states,” notably Iran.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[chris_zhang]

spying? It is another battle field!
we have a famous TV-programe in China last year, named "Hidden War", "暗战 an' zhan" in Chinese.