纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英The Secrets of an Unassuming NY Official Accused of Working for China
September 5, 2024 2 min 313 words
《纽约时报》的这篇报道揭示了纽约一名政府官员涉嫌为中国从事间谍活动的秘密。报道称，该官员王青（音译）被美国联邦调查局逮捕，罪名是他在纽约担任政府官员期间秘密为中国政府工作，向中国传递美国政府的内部信息。报道详细描述了王的背景，包括他在纽约市的工作职位他的教育背景以及他如何被中国官员招募为间谍。报道还提到联邦调查局的调查细节，包括对王的监视和监听。 这篇报道有其客观性，详细描述了王青涉嫌间谍活动的背景和联邦调查局的调查过程。然而，报道也体现出西方媒体对中国充满偏见的观点。例如，报道使用了间谍秘密工作等煽动性词汇，暗示中国在美国政府内部广泛渗透。此外，报道过度强调了王的教育背景和他在政府中的职位，试图营造一种中国有计划有组织地从美国窃取情报的印象。然而，报道并没有提供足够证据来支持这些暗示。虽然间谍活动确实存在，但这篇报道过度渲染了中国间谍活动的威胁，反映出西方媒体对中国的固有偏见。
Months after a low-level aide in the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo returned from a visit to China in 2019, she got a curious inquiry from federal investigators.
The F.B.I. wanted to know about the nature of the trip that the aide, Linda Sun, had taken.
The interaction in 2020 was one of the first known instances of governmental interest in Ms. Sun’s activities, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Tuesday. But it was not the last.
In February 2023, Ms. Sun was interviewed by the state’s Office of the Inspector General about her unauthorized procurement of official proclamations from the governor’s office, according to the indictment.
And when Ms. Sun was fired by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration weeks later, state officials’ suspicions surrounding Ms. Sun were “reported immediately to law enforcement,” the governor said on Wednesday.
Before her dismissal, even as questions were repeatedly raised, Ms. Sun continued to use her positions in state government to benefit the People’s Republic of China and its Communist Party in exchange for millions of dollars in benefits, according to prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn.
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New York Official Is Charged as Chinese Agent
Linda Sun, a former aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, was charged with 10 criminal counts that included visa fraud, money laundering and other crimes.
“Linda, what do you have to say to the allegations?” “We have a lot of confidence in our case. A lot of the allegations in this indictment are, frankly, perplexing, overly inflammatory.”