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The FBI believes that a Chinese scientist with ties to her country's Army is hiding at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco to prevent her from being arrested after being accused of having processed a false visa, according to the process opened in the District Court of the Californian city.

This new incident is disclosed amid the serious trade, political and diplomatic crisis open between the governments of the United States and China.

Washington had ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in the Texas city of Houston on Wednesday amid allegations of espionage, a move that China harshly criticized and promised to respond with "retaliation" that has yet to materialize.

According to documents filed with the Californian court, on June 20 the FBI questioned Tang Juan, a biology researcher at the University of California , and was accused, six days later, of having committed fraud in the processing of her visa, USA Today reports. The investigators assure that the scientist falsely declared in her visa application that she had not served in the Armed Forces of her country.

However, they discovered photos of the scientist in uniform and verified that she had worked at the China Air Force University of Military Medicine (UMMFAC), according to documents held by the court.

After being questioned by the FBI, Tang fled to the Chinese consulate in San Francisco where she appears to still be hiding , US prosecutors quoted by USA Today allege. During her interview, Tang denied having served in the Chinese Armed Forces and stated that wearing a military uniform is mandatory to attend University.

Two other Chinese investigators accused of "being suspected of providing false information about their identities to US authorities for the purpose of remaining in the country," are also mentioned in the judicial investigations .

These Chinese investigators reportedly worked at the universities of California, San Francisco and Duke, but prosecutors have not yet explicitly charged them with espionage-related crimes .

However, the judicial summary says that their cases were not isolated and appear "to be part of a program led by China - and specifically, the University of Military Medicine and associated institutions - to send military scientists to the United States with false pretenses. or false statements about his true employment. "

Before the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, the US has already sanctioned eleven Chinese companies for abuses of Muslim minorities in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang, and also filed charges against two Chinese 'hackers' who allegedly attempted to steal data. of the vaccine for COVID-19 and secrets of military technology.

Underlying the differences between the two powers is the underlying struggle for hegemony, the technological and commercial war and, more recently, Washington's criticism of the new security law for Hong Kong and the situation of minority human rights. Muslims in Xinjiang.

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