In March 2015, a Chinese-American who looked like a Chinese aunt, Pan Wanfen, was arrested by state security authorities on her way to Macau, and her encrypted mobile phone, U.S. passport, USB flash drive and a memory card were searched.
Initially, everyone thought she was just an ordinary spy, but her ** caused a strong reaction from the United States, which not only condemned our country at the United Nations, but also demanded that our country release her as soon as possible.
The strong reaction of the United States revealed that Pan Wanfen was not an ordinary spy, and after an in-depth investigation, a huge network involving 20,000 spies was involved! So, what is Pan Wanfen's true identity, and why can she control so many spies?
What happened to her? What is the current number of foreign spies in China?
Pan Wanfen, a spy aunt born in Vietnam, has Chinese blood in her veins. During her childhood, Pan Wanfen's family conditions were superior, and her family's business background also enabled her to live a relatively happy life.
Since childhood, Pan Wanfen has shown extraordinary talent in business.
The originally peaceful and beautiful life was shattered by the Vietnamese Chinese Exclusion Movement for political reasons. The family, who are of Chinese descent, were forced to leave Vietnam and seek refuge in the United States.
However, in the United States, she was deeply influenced by the hostile ideology of the United States towards China, gradually forgot her Chinese identity, and became an American through and through, and her bones were full of American thoughts.
Pan Wanfen did not expect that she would one day be targeted by American intelligence agencies. Her Chinese ancestry and ability to speak Chinese have become excellent conditions for her to break into China.
However, her deep hatred of China has made her a sharp weapon in the hands of the United States. Under the training of intelligence agencies, she mastered various techniques for gathering and transmitting intelligence, and achieved excellent results.
At first, she was a little hesitant about such a decision, because China was her homeland and betraying it made her uneasy.
Pan Wanfen couldn't resist the United States, and after their careful packaging, she entered China in a new business capacity and began her spy career. ”
In 1996, as a returned overseas Chinese, Pan Wanfen set foot on Chinese soil and started her own business activities in the name of serving the motherland. At that time, China was short of construction funds and there was a great demand for foreign investment, so Pan Wanfen's identity did not arouse any suspicion, but was warmly welcomed.
In China, Ms. Pan quickly gained recognition from the top political and business circles by virtue of her status as an investor businessman and financial support from the United States. By participating in important business meetings, Pan Wanfen obtained a large amount of internal information and secretly transmitted this information back to the United States.
Her espionage ability has been affirmed by the United States, for which she has continued to receive heavy financial support from the United States. During her two decades of incubation, Pan Wanfen has amassed a wide network in the Chinese business community.
In order to facilitate the transmission of intelligence and avoid being discovered by China, the United States promoted Pan Wanfen to the president of the Houston-Shenzhen City Association. In this way, Pan Wanfen's travel between China and the United States seems legal and reasonable, and naturally will not arouse the suspicion of the Chinese side.
Pan Wanfen used the pretext of negotiating business to pass information to the United States, and her espionage went undetected for a long time. In order to obtain more information, she began to look for espionage candidates in China, all of whom were resentful and hostile to China and could be bribed with money.
Under the inducement and training of Pan Wanfen, these people became the United States' spy network in China, and when the Chinese side realized this situation, Pan Wanfen had established 20,000 spies in China, and these spies were distributed in various fields, and the intelligence they obtained was finally handed over to the United States.
However, no matter how cunning the fox is, it is difficult to escape the fate of being exposed, and Pan Wanfen's abnormality still arouses the suspicion of the Chinese side, because Pan Wanfen acts in the name of returning overseas Chinese to invest in the construction of the motherland, but over the years, almost all of her energy has been on social entertainment, and there is no actual investment and construction behavior.
Pan Wanfen's espionage activities were revealed, and the results of the investigation by the national security department showed that she was arrested by China** when she was about to travel to Macau. After learning of this news, the United States immediately sent diplomats to confirm the situation and began to put pressure on China**, claiming that the move violated Pan Wanfen's human rights.
As we all know, the United States usually only cares about its own interests, but this time, because Pan Wanfen's Chinese-American identity is opposed to China, it can be seen that her identity is not ordinary. Why does an ordinary aunt attract so much attention from the United States?
It can be seen from this that Pan Wanfen must be of great value to the United States.
In order to achieve its goals, the United States has continuously smeared China in the international community and falsely claimed that China ignores human rights. This makes Pan Wanfen's hidden secret even more intriguing. With this as the center, China** conducted a comprehensive investigation of her, including social circles.
It turned out that she had established a huge intelligence network in China that spread across all walks of life, from politicians and businessmen to ordinary people, and a network of more than 20,000 American spies was exposed.
The news came as a shock to everyone. China has made it clear that Pan Wanfen is suspected of endangering China, and is currently under investigation by relevant departments.
Pan Wanfen is a microcosm of a complex history between China and the United States. On the road of Sino-US exchanges, the US side has been trying to win over Pan Wanfen, but due to the conclusive evidence, she was finally sentenced to three and a half years in prison for espionage.
Despite being deported after being released from prison in 2020, Ms. Pan is still barred from setting foot on Chinese soil again. Despite this, China's espionage problem is still serious, according to statistics, there are still espionage activities in many important provinces, regions and industries in China, and Japan, the European Union and other countries are the main ones of espionage.
According to Agence France-Presse, the number of Japanese spies in China is as high as 21,817, indicating that China needs to be more vigilant about espionage activities in these countries.
The common denominator of Western spies in China is economic prosperity or geographical importance. As the capital of China, Beijing has access to the highest level of intelligence and is generally considered to be the place with the most foreign spies.
However, Urumqi is actually the most spies lurking place, because of its unique geographical location, complex population composition, and important gateway to Central Asia, along with important cities along the way.
According to foreign media estimates, there are as many as 180,000 people, crazy indeed. In addition to Beijing and Urumqi, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenyang, Lhasa, and Hong Kong are often seen as important cities for foreign spies to hide.
Some people may think that Qingdao is a little surprising, but it is the headquarters of the North Sea Fleet, guarding the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, and it is easy to obtain information about the new service of the Chinese Navy**, and most of the spies are Koreans.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the United States has always insisted on planting spies in China and regarded them as a habitual method. They take advantage of human weaknesses, such as power, money, and sex, to attract and buy target people, including international students, veterans, public officials, college teachers and students, military enthusiasts, etc., so that they are willing to become the eyes and spies of the United States.
By stealing intelligence and defense research talents, these spies try to suppress and contain China and prevent it from posing a threat to US hegemony in the world. Some of these people may be like Ms. Pan, but many more are natives who have been bought off by the United States.
They grew up under the protection of China and enjoyed the benefits given by the state, but because of greed and dissatisfaction with the status quo, they turned their backs on the motherland and became traitors. These people are scum.
The United States has long planted spies all over China in an attempt to steal China's vital intelligence, and these people are lurking all over China, in all walks of life, and even in some key areas.
However, as China grows stronger and more conscious, it is the responsibility of each of us citizens to stick to our hearts, resist the deception of foreign forces, and expose and report this situation in a timely manner.
As long as we can report the spy and provide important clues, we can get a reward of 100,000 to 500,000, and the reward for directly catching a spy is as high as 500,000, which is 500,000 on the road.
Let's act together to defend the responsibility of reporting espionage.
We should remain vigilant to prevent being exploited by those with good intentions to avoid irreparable damage. Although we live in a time of peace, our struggle never stops.
The ancients once said, "Sorrow is born in peace, and death is in sorrow", we should not slack off because of the protection and peaceful environment of the country, but should work harder.
But don't worry too much, we have the most responsible departments and dedicated staff, all we can do is stay calm, report anything out of the blue, and be confident that with our joint efforts, our country will prosper day by day.