Senior US officials say a fugitive Chinese scientist who had been hiding in the San Francisco consulate is now in custody, and claim Beijing has been using its diplomatic outposts to run an espionage network
Tang Juan, a researcher who said she was focusing on biology,"was a fugitive from justice until last night," a senior Justice Department official said, but has now been charged in Sacramento and is expected to make an appearance in court later today. US officials made the announcement just hours before Washington's deadline for Beijing to shutter its consulate in Houston, a move that triggered China to retaliate Friday by demanding the US close its consulate in Chengdu.
They charged that consulate officials"were directly involved in communications with researchers and guided them on what information to collect."Nationwide networkThe activities in Houston"are a microcosm, we believe, of a broader network of individuals in more than 25 cities that network is supported through the consulates here," the Justice Department official said.
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