A 78-year-old American citizen has been sentenced to life in prison by a Chinese court on spying charges. John Shing-Wan Leung, who is also a Hong Kong permanent resident, was convicted of espionage and given a life sentence by the Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern city of Suzhou, according to a statement on the court’s social media account. #CNN #News
China sentences US citizen to life in prison on spying charges
Just read (The Art of War) the chapter about spies, and you’ll understand everything you should already know about how spies are used to be dealt with over there. He’s lucky to be alive.
There are 4 types of spies: Civilian, official, compromised and converted. The converted is the most precious of all. Sun Tsu
You watch too much James Bond.
Sun Tsu also said:”You must reserve the worst punishment for the enemy converted spies”. So Kim jun was not “crazy” when he executed his uncle with a AAA battery, He was just playing it by the book without showing his hand.
@DarthSailorMoon No I read books 😏
@Martin Roy Watching James Bond is not how reading books work.
Same thing the us is doing this should not b a big topic
He doesn’t tick enough boxes for Biden to worry about getting him out.
Good we don’t want any spy’s here
We shot down their balloon and they’re upset about it. “It’s an International game of poker and everyone is cheating…” -Beau of the Fifth
Biden likes balloons and ice scream.
@M Hall … Chinese bot.
@James Ryan < Russian bot.
Love Beau
Poor old guy! This is a revenge bout…😞
It’s not revenge, when he got detained long ago.. It’s just a trial date
Do you have proof or is this just comment section hyperbole?
They may see it as a Victor’s Bout.
If that was a real charge, they would be executing him. They plan on using him for barter.
I think Chris Pratt is in a dark place — PLEASE SEND HIM WELL WISHES, DONT NOT HARM HIMSELF, CHRIS
He should of stayed home .
@Emilia Clarke it’s Chris Pratt? He’s in a “dark place”? What?
He’s an Asian male who isn’t a fruitcake, so he has no barter value in Brandon’s world. 😊
the fact no one knew about his detainment implies he was probably a spy.
Seriously tho . If we didn’t know for 2 years then the government just didn’t let us know.
You’re making an assumption without sufficient evidence to support your assumption. You should never serve on a jury.
@Jon Stone “without sufficient evidence” is literally part of the definition of “assuming”. so I don’t think you should serve on a jury neither.
@Xiangyuan Peng Your comment makes no sense. Attorneys and prosecutors routinely analyze evidence to determine if there is sufficient evidence to support a particular conclusion or charge. Analyzing the evidence has nothing to do with “assuming” — as you erroneously assert. Maybe you should check your dictionary again or get a new dictionary before you give us any more of your “definitions.”
@Jon Stone you said an assumption was made without sufficient evidence. assumptions are always made without sufficient evidence by definition. read a book dude.
At his age a life sentence won’t be long.
You wouldn’t say that if it was your fam!!!
Well, thanks.Interestingly, @ 75 years young: I thought that also…… ! ,And however: …………
😂😅😂
78 yeara old. Instead of sentencing for 20 years, they think life sentence is more reasonable.
True.
A spy is a spy is a spy.
I pray that they at least as much effort into getting this American home as the did for the WNBA player
Coincidentally he happens to be Chinese
@Seoo tea It doesn’t matter he is US citizen.
Their are a couple Americans imprisoned in Russia, mainstream media never mentioned that one I don’t think
Now who sent him over there is the question
Whats a life sentence in China? Is it a literal sentence, like for the rest of his life? Or is it a set time like over here where its usually 25 years?
Serious? It’s a death sentence.
😢
At his age there is no difference.
The United States should mirror all of China’s anti-espionage laws and then apply them across the United States for all Chinese nationals and especially those with student visas
It has it’s appeal but that is a slippery slope for a rules based democracy
If that happened, the average student GPA woud drop by half. Most U.S. citizens go to college to play sports, not academics.
The way that China is cracking down on things, reminds me of what the US is becoming.
Welcome to cold war. If you read books of the past, this event is going on very often.
Nothing, cowards
They use the same playbook
So… how about those secret police station members from New York City?
We going to imprison them for life?
They already fled the country. 😂
78 years old… damn. 5 years could be a life sentence 😮
Perhaps we should be looking at their students here working in R and D and Co-op programs here in the US for intellectual property theft
78yo and in for life???…. 😂😂😂 KEEP HIM !!!
Insane. It is a human rights violation to send someone to prison for life over spying and not murder
Actually spy’s are normally executed… At least during war time, I don’t know the rules for normal times, you can look it up yourself
@Outdoor videos With Brad yeah that’s even more insane
New espionage law goes into effect July 1. He has been detained long before that.
The crackdown on Hong Kong protests of 2019 is still ongoing. Under the National security law they can take people from Hong Kong to mainland courts with nearly 100% conviction rates. They are even going after people for due diligence concerning business investments or news reporting. I would be concerned even for people taking water samples in China to test them for carcinogens. More and more things seem to be crimes there. I would suggest to get out and stay out.