Chinese news media have reported that a resident of the port city of Qingdao, the location of the North Sea Fleet's headquarters, has been arrested and is awaiting trial for taking photographs of the naval base from which aircraft carrier Liaoning operates.
He is accused of passing the photos to the editor of a military magazine who the Chinese authorities consider to be a foreign spy. This follows the conviction of another individual in May for selling information and photographs to a foreigner, for which he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. In October President Xi Jinping directed the Central Military Commission to take steps to protect military information more effectively and earlier this month China's first counter-espionage law was enacted.
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