Chinese-American posing as pro-democracy activist spied on dissidents for Beijing: 'The plot of a spy novel'

A Chinese-American scholar was convicted in a Brooklyn court Tuesday after his work on behalf of Beijing as an illegal agent was discovered.

Shujun Wang, an activist who founded a pro-democracy group in New York, used his position to spy on dissidents and share information with the Chinese government for over a decade.

VITAL WESTERN ALLIANCE COUNTRIES' HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON CHINA IS A MAJOR PROBLEM: 'DANGEROUSLY EXPOSED'

Wang lived a double life on behalf of the Ministry of State Security in Beijing...