REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy sailors have been arrested on charges of handing over sensitive national security material to China, U.S. officials said Thursday.
"There is no bigger, multigenerational threat to the United States" than China, said FBI Special Agent Stacey Moy.
Beijing "will stop at nothing to attack the United States in its strategic plan to become the world's sole superpower."
U.S.-China relations have been tense for years over a range of national security and trade issues.
The United States has accused China of espionage and cyberattacks, a charge that Beijing has rejected.
Persons:
Tyrone Siu, Wenheng Zhao, Jinchao Wei, Matt Olsen, Zhao, Wei, Stacey Moy, Kanishka Singh, Raphael Satter, Mark Porter, Alison Williams, Jonathan Oatis, Cynthia Osterman
Organizations:
U.S . Navy, REUTERS, USS, Embassy, United, Thomson
Locations:
Essex, U.S, Hong Kong, China, San Diego, People’s Republic of China, Okinawa, Japan, Ventura County, San Clemente, Los Angeles, USS Essex, United States, Beijing, Washington