California woman accused of spying for China

Summary

• US authorities have arrested a California woman and accused her of spying for China by monitoring the son of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.
• The alleged target was later identified as Lai Ting-yu, a US resident and son of Taiwan’s president.
• Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory, while President Lai and his Democratic Progressive Party support Taiwan’s separate identity and maintain that its future should be decided by its people.

AI Generated Summary

US authorities have arrested a California woman and accused her of spying for China by monitoring the son of Taiwan President Lai Ching-te.

The FBI arrested 34-year-old Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday. She was detained before she was due to travel to China.