As the 90 year anniversary on 1 July of the founding of draws closer, authorities have ordered TV stations across the country to no longer air any detective shows, spy thrillers or dramas about time-travel for the next three months with immediate effect. Instead, programs praising the party are top priority. more ›

You may remember Glenn Duffie Shriver as the 28-yr old man who spent some time working and studying in Shanghai and later tried to spy on the CIA for China. The key word in that sentence is "tried." Shriver was caught in October of last year and got his comeuppance today. It was announced this morning that he's getting 4 years in prison and another 2 years under supervised release. more ›

The findings from last week's annual security report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission to congress has gotten China pretty angsty: the report states that China has been increasing cyber espionage attacks on the US in order to gain military information, and cites an increase in government involvement in these attacks. The foreign ministry department strongly denied spying, but as concerns over China's secretive military buildup grow we wonder if Beijing is sweating a little too hard from this extra pressure. Then again, we'd like to know how many of those 230 million hack attempts on China's new military website were conducted by American spies? more ›