TAIPEI, Taiwan, 11 Aug (AP) \u2014 China has detained a worker from a military industrial group on suspicion of spying for the CIA, national security authorities said Friday, adding to the list of public accusations of espionage between Beijing and Washington.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of State Security, the country\u2019s civilian spy agency, said in a statement that a military industrial worker surnamed Zeng had been providing military secrets to the CIA in exchange for large sums of money.<\/p>\n
The 52-year-old suspect had been sent to Italy to study by his employer. There, he met \u201can official with the U.S. embassy,\u201d who later turned out to be a CIA agent, the ministry claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cZeng gradually developed a psychological dependence on (the U.S. official), who took the opportunity to indoctrinate him with Western values,\u201d the statement, posted on the ministry\u2019s WeChat page, read.<\/p>\n
It added that the U.S. official promised the Chinese suspect large amounts of money and to help his family emigrate to the United States in exchange for sensitive information about China\u2019s military, which the worker had access to through his job.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving finished overseas study, Zeng returned to China and continued to have multiple secret meetings with the CIA agents and provided a great amount of key intelligence and collected funds for spying,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n
It added that the suspect had been detained and the case was being further investigated.<\/p>\n
The announcement is the latest in a string of public accusations of espionage between Washington and Beijing.<\/p>\n
Last week, the U.S. arrested two U.S. Navy sailors on accusations of providing military secrets to China.<\/p>\n
Relations between China and the U.S. plunged to their lowest level in years after the U.S. earlier this year shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon that had flown over U.S. territory.<\/p>\n
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