两名中国公民在美国因承认试图招募美军现役人员为北京从事间谍活动而被判处监禁。
Two Chinese nationals have been jailed in the United States after admitting to trying to recruit US military service members to spy for Beijing.
美国司法部周五在一份声明中表示，赖立人（Liren “Ryan” Lai，音译），40岁，和陈远策（Yuance Chen，音译），39岁，各被判处30个月监禁，以及三年监督释放。
Liren “Ryan” Lai, 40, and Yuance Chen, 39, were each sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement on Friday.
声明还称，这两人试图安排“死点”现金支付，以换取与美国国家安全相关的信息。
The men sought to arrange “dead drop” cash payments in exchange for information related to US national security, the statement also said.
国家安全助理司法部长约翰·A·艾森伯格表示，这对搭档实施了一项“长期的”、“大规模的”和“厚颜无耻的”计划，旨在破坏美国国家安全，并支持中国情报机构在美国的行动和招募工作。
The pair operated a “long-running”, “extensive” and “brazen” scheme to undermine US national security and support Chinese intelligence operations and recruitment in the US, Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A Eisenberg said.
根据法庭文件，赖立人和陈远策自2021年5月迟至此时起，开始充当中国对外情报机构——国家安全部的代理人。
According to court documents, Lai and Chen began acting as agents of China’s foreign intelligence arm, the Ministry of State Security, no later than May 2021.
持旅游签证抵达美国的赖立人，将作为永久居民的陈远策拉入该计划，并最初在陈远策与情报官员之间担任中间人——直到陈远策能够直接从其联络员处接收指令。
Lai, who arrived in the US on a tourist visa, recruited Chen, a permanent resident, into the scheme and initially served as an intermediary between Chen and intelligence officers – until Chen was able to receive his orders directly from his handler.
2022年5月，他们促成了一笔来自中国的1万美元秘密现金支付，指示美国境内人员将现金放在指定地点供他人取走，这种安排被称为“死点”。两人后来又实施了另一起类似行动，促成了一笔2万美元的支付。
In May 2022, they facilitated a secret cash payment of $10,000 from China, ordering US-based individuals to drop the cash at a specified location for collection by someone else, an arrangement known as a “dead drop”. The two later carried out another similar operation, facilitating a payment of $20,000.
陈远策和赖立人还从事其他形式的间谍活动，包括获取一处海军设施、军事新兵以及现役水兵的照片。陈远策收集了一名美国海军雇员的个人信息，并保存了作为潜在情报目标的军事人员的详细传记信息。
Chen and Lai also engaged in other forms of espionage, including obtaining photographs of a naval facility, military recruits, and active-duty sailors. Chen collected personal information about a US Navy employee and maintained detailed biographical information about military personnel who were potential intelligence targets.
司法部未说明这对搭档促成支付的次数，也未说明他们在美国成功招募了多少人。
The DOJ did not say how many times the pair had facilitated payments, nor how many people they had successfully recruited in the US.
这两名男子被判犯有两项罪名成立：串谋在未事先通知司法部长的情况下充当外国政府代理人；以及在未事先通知的情况下充当外国政府代理人。两人均在法庭上认罪。这对搭档于2025年6月被捕并被起诉。
The men were found guilty of two charges: conspiracy to act as agents of a foreign government without prior notification to the Attorney General; and acting as agents of a foreign government without prior notification. Both pleaded guilty in court. The pair were arrested and charged in June 2025.
8月下旬，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普表示，他知道中国对美国进行间谍活动，但“我们也对他们进行间谍活动”。
In late August, US President Donald Trump said he knew China spied on the US, but “we spy on them too”.
6月，中国宣布逮捕了一名被指控从事间谍活动的美国公民，此前一天美国媒体报道称，一名持有美国和缅甸双重国籍的学者于6月初被拘留。
In June, China announced that it had arrested a US citizen accused of espionage a day after US media reports said a scholar holding dual US and Myanmar citizenship was detained in early June.
这名学者敏钦此前曾撰写关于缅甸政治的评论文章，批评军政府以及军政府正在对抗的反对派团体。
The scholar, Min Zin, previously wrote opinion pieces on Myanmar politics that were critical of the military government, as well as the opposition groups it is fighting.