09 May 2014

News Story: Roadside stands selling sensitive PLA information

PLAN Frigate Underway (File Photo)

The internal publications of the People's Liberation Army, including books and magazines containing previously classified information, can be easily purchased in bookstands in every major Chinese city, said Hu Wenlong, a military analyst, in an article for the Global Times, a newspaper published under the auspices of the Communist Party mouthpiece People's Daily.

The arrest and sentencing of a Chinese migrant worker to 10 years in prison for providing secret military information to a foreign intelligence agent is just one indication of the valuable resource internal PLA publications have become to foreign intelligence agencies in understanding China's military development. They are willing to pay a high price to hire Chinese civilians to purchase the books and magazines.

Read the full story at Want China Times