Does China not engage in "honey traps"? The exposure of female spy cases over the years slaps Hu Xijin in the face, and Taiwan is also involved

Huida CEO Huang Renxun admitted having an extramarital affair with suspected Chinese female spy Huang Le (also known as Alice Huang). Huida has launched an independent investigation into this, shocking everyone in the world. Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of China's state-run Global Times, retorted that Chinese intelligence agencies would not specifically use "honey traps". However, foreign media compiled cases of Chinese female spies in recent years, making Hu Xijin's argument untenable.

Chen Wenying double agent case

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the "double agent" case involving Chinese-American businesswoman Chan Man Yin (whose English name was Katrina Leung after her marriage) occurred in the United States in the 1980s. The FBI recruited Chan Man Yin as an informant in 1982 and paid her a total of US$1.7 million in intelligence activity funds for 18 years.

However, Chen Wenying had an extramarital affair with two FBI agents and was found to be suspected of stealing confidential information and handing it over to China. This led to the FBI having to re-examine the intelligence information Chen had provided over the years and investigate the circumstances of the FBI's infiltration. It was not until 2003 that she was arrested.

Fang Fang spy case

In the 2010s, another Chinese woman, Christine. The case of Christine Fang (Chinese name Fang Fang) also attracted attention.

Fang Fang was the president of the Chinese Student Association at California State University, East Bay, and she used political fundraisers to target emerging politicians. She became close to former Democratic California Congressman Eric Swalwell when he was still a city council member and developed a long-term relationship with him. Swalwell entered the federal Congress in 2012 and later served as a member of the House Intelligence Committee. Swalwell admitted that he had multiple physical relationships with Fang Fang.

The FBI gave Swalwell a formal defensive briefing in late April 2015, informing him that Fang Fang was suspected of having a background in the Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China and that he might be trying to infiltrate U.S. politics. Swalwell immediately terminated all contact with Fang Fang and cooperated with the federal investigation.

After realizing that she might be under federal investigation, Fang Fang fled back to China overnight and discontinued her social networks in the United States. The United States permanently banned Fang Fang from re-entering the country.

Sun Wen involved in secret Chinese agent case

Linda Sun, a Chinese-American politician, will serve in the New York State government from 2018 to 2022. In September 2024, he was arrested on suspicion of acting as an "agent of the Chinese government" and charged with 8 federal crimes.

Prosecutors alleged that while serving in the New York State government, Sun Wen obstructed Taiwan government representatives from meeting with U.S. officials and also tried to arrange for high-level New York State officials to visit China.

Benjamin Leak Case

In 2014, 60-year-old retired U.S. Army Pacific Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Pierce Bishop took home the 2014 to 2018 "U.S. Department of Defense China Strategy" document and the "U.S. Army Defense Plan Outline" at the request of his 27-year-old Chinese girlfriend. The FBI stated that the 27-year-old Chinese female graduate student lives in the United States. The two met at an international military conference in Hawaii and began dating in June 2011. It is speculated that the woman had already targeted Benjamin at that time.

Benjamin was later sentenced to seven years and three months in prison, but the U.S. prosecutors and the FBI did not clarify whether the graduate student living in the United States worked for the Chinese government.

Locke Ka Fai is suspected of resigning

Locke, the first Chinese-American to serve as the U.S. ambassador to China and former ambassador who suddenly announced his resignation in 2013, was later revealed to be divorced. Some Chinese media also speculated that the matter may be related to China's honey trap.

Luo Xianzhe's leak case

There have also been cases in our country where army generals fell into the temptation of Chinese female spies for beauty and money. It is said that Luo Xianzhe, the former director of the Communications Department of the Army Command, was bribed by a Chinese female spy for beauty and money while he was stationed in Thailand as a military attache from 2002 to 2005.

Foreign media reported at the time that the female spy was described as a tall, good-looking woman in her early 30s, holding an Australian passport and operating as a trader. Luo Xianzhe engaged in espionage activities for at least seven years and was eventually arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012.

The intelligence leaked by Luo Xianzhe included content related to the "Project Bo Sheng", a military electronic intelligence communication network between the United States and Taiwan. This project involves the Taiwan-US military communication system. It is also confidential information that China has long been concerned about, because if a war breaks out in the Taiwan Strait, China hopes to use this to interfere with the Taiwan military's communication system.