How CCP Exports Fear, Hatred to America in War Against Faith

Florida marine scientist Sherwood Liu knew something was amiss when friends out of state began messaging him. “Do you know this guy?” They were pointing to a federal indictment in which a man had just been charged with spying for Beijing. Liu didn’t know him. But the alleged spy, who works in an international information technology firm, might know Liu—quite well. The indictment accused Li Ping of sharing biographical details of a certain Falun Gong practitioner in St. Petersburg with a Chinese intelligence officer. Who else could it be but Liu? For more than three decades, since Liu settled in St. Petersburg, only two practitioners have ever lived in the city. Liu was the only one there during the period the man was allegedly collecting information. As the volunteer organizer of meditation exercises in the local area, he was also publicly visible—an easy target....