Yanjun Xu was convicted last November of economic espionage by a federal jury in Ohio.
The Justice Department announced a court in Ohio has sentenced a convicted Chinese spy to 20 years in prison. He attempted to steal trade secrets from an American company.
U.S. officials say the case is an example of China's relentless intelligence operations against American companies to steal top-flight technology. The Justice Department says Xu is a 42-year-old Chinese national and an officer in China's Ministry of State Security. Prosecutors say Xu lured a GE Aviation employee to China to present a report to a university. Xu later requested specific technical information from the employee, who was cooperating with the company and the FBI.
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