America Has Once Again Sentenced a Chinese National over Weapons-Smuggling Charges

Global Network reporter Wang Xin reported that this recent case by the U.S. judicial branch about Chinese military has stirred up waves. The U.S. Justice Department said a U.S. federal court has once again sentenced a Chinese national to three years in prison on the grounds of “illegally exporting U.S. military equipment to China.”

According to Reuters on Jan. 29, the jailed Chinese citizen is named Wei Yufeng, 46. She was just recently jailed for 97 months on the same charges as her ex-husband Wu Zhenzhou. The two Chinese nationals ran a business in Shenzhen, China Chitron Electronics. The U.S. Department of Justice said that Wei Yufeng was directly involved in the 2010 case “Illegal exports to China,” which involved the exportation of a number of goods that can be used for “military radar, electronic warfare and missile systems.”

It was reported that a U.S. Defense Department spokesman pointed out that these “illegal exports” to China Chitron Electronics illustrate China’s “urgent need for military goods.” Wu and Wei, both operators of the Shenzhen-based electronics company, face a fine up to $155 million (approximately 10.2 million RMB), but still have not admitted guilt since their capture last May.

It is reported that Wu Zhenzhou has had previous experience in U.S. prisons, and wrote and published “Prison Diary” in order to detail that he and his ex-wife are innocent of all “military espionage” charges.

The U.S. frequently cooks up the “China Spy Case,” Chinese military expert Dai Xu said during a “Global Times” interview. He also said that the U.S. likes nothing more than to discredit so-called Chinese spies, hackers and other old topics. To achieve their goal of containing China, the United States is trying to belittle the achievements of China’s defense and tarnish China’s national image. Some scholars pointed out that the using the “Chinese Espionage Threat” to win more money for the Congressional budget is the real purpose of the U.S. intelligence agency.