Yanjun Xu, an operative of China’s Ministry of State Security, has been arrested in the US. He faces up to 15 years in federal prison if convicted on the espionage charges. Yu is the second Chinese citizen to be arrested in recent months. The DoJ says Yu’s arrest is part of an overall economic policy of developing China at American expense. A recent report from CrowdStrike showed a sharp uptick in targeted intrusion attempts by China-backed actors against US companies in the first half of this year.”]