Chinese Spies Caught at U.S. Naval Bases—Here’s What We Know

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Chinese Spies Caught at U.S. Naval Bases—Here’s What We Know about the CCP’s latest attempt to infiltrate America from within.

Federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals—Yuance Chen and Liren “Ryan” Lai—with acting as unregistered foreign agents in a plot to gather intelligence on U.S. military bases and Navy personnel. These men didn’t just stumble into espionage. They were reportedly working for the Ministry of State Security, China’s elite spy agency. Using spycraft techniques like “dead drops” and encrypted recruitment, they were tracking our military from the inside.

One was a permanent U.S. resident living quietly in Oregon. The other entered on a tourist visa just this year. Their trail? Naval facilities in California, covert meetings in China, and $10,000 in a gym locker in Livermore. This wasn’t amateur hour. This was professional infiltration—and it nearly worked.

The arrests were part of a massive counterintelligence operation involving the FBI, NCIS, and multiple federal agencies. The goal? Stop the bleeding. Because let’s be honest: the CCP has made no secret of its intent to penetrate American institutions—from higher education to biotech to now, our military.

This case is a wake-up call.

Are we still capable of taking threats seriously without collapsing into political infighting?
And how much deeper has this kind of infiltration already gone—beyond what we’re allowed to know?

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#chinesespies #usnavyinfiltration #nationalsecurity #fbijustice #ccpespionage