2026.11
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Jiangsu
Recently, several railway photography enthusiasts were taken away by local personnel while filming train operations near the perimeter fence of Yuding Station in Jiangsu. They were accused of espionage, their mobile phones were confiscated for data extraction, and they were ordered to delete their photos. They were released after being detained for over 48 hours, during which no written documentation was provided, and their phones were not returned.
10.29
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
The human rights organization Safeguard Defenders has released a new edition of the book 'The People's Republic of the Disappeared.' It includes first-hand accounts of secret detention under the 'Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location' (RSDL) system from Chinese rights lawyers, journalists, NGO workers, as well as Michael Kovrig, Cheng Lei, and Lee Ming-che, and offers a free PDF download.
10.23
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Shenyang
The trial of Shenyang petitioner Fu Youling, charged with the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, has opened; the prosecution recommended a fixed-term prison sentence of two years.
10.19
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
The Ministry of Justice, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the National Health Commission, and the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration jointly issued standards defining the scope of serious illnesses and criteria for identifying inability to care for oneself for temporary execution of sentences outside prison.
10.07
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·Los Angeles
On October 7, according to CBS, Zhang Wanying, suspected of surveilling Lai Ching-te's son, offered three properties worth more than $1.2 million as collateral and agreed to electronic monitoring, but a judge at the federal court in Los Angeles ruled that she posed a flight risk, citing her possession of a Chinese passport she had not surrendered, her family's financial ties in China, and inconsistent statements about her assets, and ordered that she remain in custody. Prosecutors also disclosed that another person in the same case had already traveled to China on a one-way ticket.
10.05
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·United States
On October 5, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had filed denaturalization lawsuits against 40 naturalized citizens suspected of serious crimes, the largest number in a single period under the Trump administration. Among them, Li Ping pleaded guilty in 2024 for gathering intelligence for China's Ministry of State Security, and Wei Jinchao was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for selling military secrets to China.
09.28
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Japan
Japan's Teikoku Databank announced a survey on September 28, listing the revised Counter-Espionage Law, rare earth export restrictions, and price competition with Chinese government-backed companies as business risks in China, and pointing out that deteriorating China-Japan relations and economic stagnation affect corporate decision-making.
09.26
·Official claim
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
Around September 26, the Ministry of State Security publicly released three closed espionage cases in a batch: aerospace researcher Zhao Xuejun was recruited and turned by overseas agents to steal secrets and was sentenced to seven years; exchange student Xiao Zhe who went to Taiwan for an exchange program was cultivated by Taiwan Military Intelligence Bureau agent Xu Liting and leaked nearly 100 pieces of national defense science and industry intelligence; public official Zhang stationed abroad was coerced into espionage through a honey trap; all were held criminally responsible.
09.17
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·Puan County
On September 17, it was circulated online that the Justice Bureau of Puan County, Guizhou Province, issued a notice requiring local lawyers, when handling cases related to cracking down on organized crime, to report to the county justice bureau for study and obtain approval before they can present defense arguments that involve changing the characterization of a crime, and demanding that all law firms strictly enforce this.
09.15
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
Xie Weiyaxing, wife of US scholar Mingen who is illegally detained by China, revealed that US consular officials visited Mingen for the fourth time on September 15. He was in good spirits and earnestly requested President Trump to raise this case at the summit.
2026.09
·Verifying
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·China
The national security reporting and acceptance platform 12339.gov.cn carried the full text of the Implementing Regulations of the Counter-Espionage Law of the People's Republic of China, defining espionage acts, the identification of hostile organizations, and citizens' obligations and legal responsibilities.
08.27
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
The U.S. State Department listed Chen Youlin and Min Zin as wrongfully detained Americans; Chen Youlin was detained in China in November 2024, Min Zin was detained on June 3, 2026, and the latter was added to the list on August 27.
08.20
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 4
·Yunnan
The U.S. Department of State has officially determined that Min Zin, a Burmese-American citizen and founder of the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar, is being illegally detained in Yunnan, China, and has called on the Chinese side to release him immediately.
08.04
·Hearsay
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing
On August 4, 2026, the official platform of the National Administration of State Secrets Protection altered the details of an old classified case already closed in 2019 and reissued it as a typical espionage case, prompting public doubts about the authorities deliberately manufacturing anxiety about enemy activity.
2026.08
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 3
·China
In August 2026, prominent criminal defense lawyer Chen Youxi publicly pointed out that in multiple cases involving fallen officials, the case-handling authorities appointed legal aid lawyers to crowd out the lawyers retained by family members, effectively depriving the parties of their right to defense.