A physicist in Virginia has been arrested and charged with violating arms control laws by selling rocket technology information to China, which helped the country's burgeoning space program. He has also been charged with bribing a Chinese official to win a contract for a company he represented.
Quan-Sheng Shu, 68, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Shanghai, was arrested Wednesday morning and made an initial appearance that afternoon in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.... Shu appeared to be shaking and bewildered at his court appearance [Virginian-Pilot].
If convicted, Shu faces up to 25 years of jail time. The arrest came at an awkward moment for the Chinese government, which spent today celebrating the successful launch of the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft carrying a full crew of three astronauts, one of whom will perform China's first space walk in the coming days. While the technological data that Shu allegedly sold ...
