The Party treats the 'little pinks' as expendable! The FBI has apprehended agents of the Chinese Communist Party, leading to dire consequences for them (video)
[People News] Two significant cases have recently come to light in the United States. One involves a Chinese woman suspected of surveilling the family of Taiwan's president, who was arrested at the airport. The other case concerns a Chinese engineer who has lived in the U.S. for over thirty years and holds a U.S. passport. He is not only facing imprisonment for gathering intelligence for the Chinese Communist Party but is also embroiled in a lawsuit that could revoke his U.S. citizenship. Both cases raise a critical question: what are the consequences of executing tasks for the Chinese Communist Party while residing in the United States?
Hello, dear viewers, and welcome to 'Forbidden News Declassified.' I am Sun Ning.
Whenever the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party visit the United States, or when senior officials from Taiwan transit through the U.S., a vibrant display of 'patriotic drama' often unfolds on the streets of various American cities. Some individuals wave large five-star red flags, others shout slogans passionately, and some flaunt luxury cars as they cruise through the streets.
Take a look at the faces in the front row, often referred to as 'little pinks.' At these events, they exude arrogance and are busy 'serving the Party and the country.' They feel an overwhelming sense of 'glory,' believing they are 'bringing honour' to the Party and the nation, filled with pride.
However, have they ever pondered a crucial question? If one day, the person standing before them is not a consulate official or the head of a diaspora organisation distributing subsidies, but rather an FBI agent wielding an arrest warrant, would they still be able to smile?
Today, we will begin by discussing these two cases.
Airport apprehension
Let’s examine a recent real case. On October 4, 2026, in the departure hall of Los Angeles International Airport, a 34-year-old Chinese woman named Zhang Wanying was pushing her luggage, preparing to board a flight to Shanghai. She is a somewhat well-known real estate agent in California.
To her friends and neighbours, Zhang Wanying appears to be successful in her career, actively integrating into American society, and enjoying a comfortable lifestyle. However, just as she believed she could smoothly return to China and retire successfully, several agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation suddenly appeared before her, presented an arrest warrant, and cold handcuffs were swiftly locked around her wrists.
The U.S. Department of Justice subsequently made her indictment public. Zhang Wanying was charged with allegedly acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese Communist Party.
According to evidence gathered by the FBI, as early as June 2025, Zhang Wanying met with an official from the Chinese Communist Party in a private booth in Changsha, Hunan, China. This official assigned her a secret mission: to travel to Seattle, Washington, to spy on and monitor Lai Ching-te, the eldest son of the President of the Republic of China, and his family. Zhang Wanying responded at the time, 'I can handle this.'
By September 2025, Zhang Wanying and another accomplice indeed flew to Seattle. They rented a car and went to stake out near Lai Ching-te's residence in the suburbs of Seattle. She used her phone to take photos of the house and the family members coming and going, even meticulously recording the license plate numbers of two cars parked at the front door.
Zhang Wanying believed that her actions were completely unnoticed. While filming on-site, she excitedly reported in real time to her contacts in China via WeChat: "I see him, a young male, that's the one." "I'm recording." She then sent the secretly captured footage and the license plate number.
She thought WeChat was secure and believed that verbal instructions would leave no traces. However, she underestimated the investigative capabilities of U.S. intelligence agencies. The FBI later intercepted all her WeChat chat records from her Apple iCloud account through legal judicial authorisation. Additionally, surveillance footage from a neighbour captured the movements of the vehicle they rented, creating a solid chain of evidence.
Just a few days after Zhang Wanying's arrest, on October 7, 2026, a federal court in California held a hearing for her. The judge found that Zhang Wanying had substantial assets of unknown origin in China, and that her biological brother held a position in the Chinese Communist government, which posed a significant flight risk. Consequently, her bail request was denied in court, and she was ordered to remain in custody without bail. If convicted, she could face up to 10 years in federal prison.
Citizenship is not a shield.
After hearing about Zhang Wanying's case, some little pinks might still be calculating in their minds: "Zhang Wanying just had bad luck. Besides, I’ve already switched to a U.S. passport, and I have constitutional protection; the U.S. government can’t do anything to me!"
This is precisely the most frightening and dangerous blind spot for these little pinks. U.S. citizenship has never been a safeguard for acting as an illegal agent of a foreign government. Let’s examine the second case—Li Ping's case.
Li Ping immigrated to the United States from mainland China in his early years and has been living and working in the U.S. for over thirty years. He successfully passed the naturalisation exam early on, becoming a legal U.S. citizen. Residing in Florida, he is a senior software engineer who previously worked for the major American telecommunications company Verizon, earning a high salary and living in a spacious home, embodying the image of an overseas Chinese elite and a model of the middle class.
However, beneath the facade of being a U.S. citizen and a well-paid engineer, Li Ping harbours another concealed identity.
According to documents released by the U.S. federal court, since 2012, Li Ping has been covertly following the directives of officials from the Chinese Ministry of State Security for over a decade, gathering information of interest to the Chinese government in the U.S. This includes data on Chinese dissidents, democracy advocates, Falun Gong practitioners, and American non-governmental organisations.
On August 12, 2012, a Chinese security official emailed Li Ping: "Can you help check the latest developments regarding the lawsuits that Falun Gong practitioners are planning against Chinese officials? Also, what are the recent activities of democracy movement figures? Who do you know? Please provide names, backgrounds, and similar information."
At that time, the Global Coalition to Bring Jiang Zemin to Justice was actively promoting the prosecution of the Chinese dictator Jiang Zemin and over 30 other senior officials of the Chinese Communist Party.
Six days later, on August 18, Li Ping responded to the Chinese security official, providing personal information about a Falun Gong practitioner residing in St. Petersburg, Florida. Li informed the official that this individual was a Florida lawyer who had written articles for Falun Gong publications and had lent Falun Gong books to Li's wife for her reading.
On April 27, 2013, officials from China's national security agency requested Li Ping to provide information about two Israeli authors who had written books on Falun Gong. By April 29, Li Ping had supplied the public details of the authors and their social media accounts.
On September 15, 2014, these officials sought intelligence on an individual from Hubei, China, asking for personal background information, including the person's address in California, phone number, and vehicle make and model. They indicated that this individual had participated in Falun Gong activities and had protested outside the Chinese consulate in California.
That same day, Li Ping reported this individual's information to the national security officials. On September 17, he conducted additional online searches and forwarded the findings to national security.
Li Ping consistently gathered and provided whatever intelligence was requested by the national security officials in a timely manner. This process continued until 2024.
Li Ping thought that after living in the United States for thirty years, he had established deep roots and believed that since he was merely typing behind a computer and reporting some intelligence from the Chinese community, the U.S. government would not take notice of him. However, in July 2024, the FBI executed a raid and arrested Li Ping at his home. Confronted with a mountain of evidence, Li Ping's defences collapsed, and he officially pleaded guilty in August of that year. In November 2024, the court sentenced him to four years in prison and imposed a fine of $250,000.
But that was not the end; on October 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice made a startling announcement, revealing that it had formally filed a lawsuit in the Middle District of Florida seeking to revoke Li Ping's U.S. citizenship.
The U.S. Department of Justice stated: 'Li's actions preliminarily demonstrate that at the time of his naturalisation in the United States, he did not adhere to the principles of the U.S. Constitution and had no intention of upholding the good order and happiness of the United States. Consequently, the U.S. has filed a lawsuit with a single charge seeking to revoke his naturalised citizenship.'
This indicates that after Li Ping completes his prison sentence, he will soon be deported back to China.
The Price of Raising a Red Flag and Taking Photos
Why is the U.S. prosecution so effective at this moment? Noted overseas media figure Yao Yaojiang recently published a highly insightful post on her X platform, discussing the legal risks involved.
In her post, Yao Yaojiang highlighted a key concept: in the United States, apprehending a spy does not necessarily require 'stealing secrets.'
The primary legal tool employed by the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute Zhang Wanying and Li Ping is Title 18, Section 951 of the U.S. Code, which addresses 'unregistered foreign government agent offences.'
This charge does not necessitate infiltrating a U.S. military base, nor does it require breaking into a safe to steal the Pentagon's nuclear codes, and it does not even require one to be a professionally trained spy.
What the federal prosecution aims to establish in court is quite straightforward: First, do you agree to accept direction and control from a foreign government or foreign officials? Second, did you carry out tasks or missions for them while on U.S. soil? Third, prior to these actions, did you fail to report and register your foreign agent status with the U.S. Department of Justice as mandated by law?
If all three conditions are met, then unfortunately, you are classified as a federal felon.
When the leaders of pro-communist business associations announce in WeChat groups that the consulate is funding a gathering in Washington to welcome leaders, providing bus tickets, hotel accommodations, and on-site 'work subsidies' ranging from $80 to $400 for each participant, a complete 'command and benefit chain' has already been established.
If you are on-site and, following the instructions of overseas Chinese leaders, point your phone camera at the faces of the protesters and their license plates, then upload these photos and videos to the WeChat group or hand them over to designated individuals, you are, according to U.S. law, acting as a 'foreign government agent' executing specific political tasks for a foreign government. This is legally indistinguishable from Zhang Wanying's surveillance of Lai Ching-te's son in Seattle!
Do you think no one knows when you share photos in the chat group? In reality, the FBI has already gathered all your information. Notifications in the chat group, arrangements made by overseas Chinese group leaders on WeChat, records of car rentals and meal reimbursements, your bank transfer trails, and even your facial features captured by high-resolution cameras on-site will all serve as irrefutable evidence in court.
When you work tirelessly for the CCP, no one will take responsibility for you!
So, the question arises: once the situation is exposed and the FBI comes knocking, will those who encouraged you to contribute to the 'motherland' take responsibility for you?
When the FBI arrives to arrest you, those Chinese consulate diplomats who issued the orders from behind the scenes enjoy 'diplomatic immunity' and can simply retreat to the consulate or buy a ticket back to Beijing, completely unharmed.
Those pro-communist community leaders who organise activities often have the financial means to hire top legal teams across the United States, allowing them to completely deflect responsibility by claiming they are merely 'connecting with fellow townspeople, and everyone is participating voluntarily.'
Ultimately, it is you who will find yourself trembling in the defendant's seat in court, left with a criminal record that could lead to the immediate revocation of your student or work visa, and even the complete loss of your hard-earned U.S. green card and citizenship. You may end up spending several years in an American prison before being deported—that foolish person is you!
I also want to advise my compatriots living abroad, whether you are in the United States, Canada, Europe, or Australia, that the boundaries of freedom are always defined by law. You are entitled to your political views and the right to express your feelings, which is legal in democratic countries.
However, the next time a senior member of your community or the head of a business association mysteriously calls you in a WeChat group, asking you to go to a specific airport or the entrance of a hotel to 'raise a red flag to welcome the leader,' and promises to reimburse your airfare, cover your meals and accommodation, and even offer you a few dozen dollars as a subsidy, please take a moment to check your green card or the U.S. passport you just received. Then, calmly ask yourself a few questions: Where does this money really come from? Who is giving the orders behind the scenes? Where will the personal privacy information of these ordinary people that I have recorded ultimately go? If something goes wrong, will those diplomats and community leaders sitting in their offices take the fall for me?
As the ancients said, 'Profit can cloud one's judgment.' I hope that the two real judicial cases I will discuss today serve as a wake-up call for those who may not be thinking clearly. In a country governed by the rule of law, it is essential to respect the law. Do not let a moment of impulse, a box lunch, and an eighty-dollar reward jeopardise the academic achievements, future prospects, green card, and freedom that you have worked so hard to attain overseas over many years.
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