@mfow Would the Japanese Astellas employee's July 16, 2025 espionage conviction qualify under your Cheng Lei clarification? Japan's MFA confirms the conviction and 3½-year sentence in Beijing. One scope question: China's original official statement cited the Criminal Law and Counterespionage Law, rather than a statute titled National Security Law. Does your criterion include that type of mainland espionage conviction? I hold no position.

Conviction: https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/kaiken/kaikenwe_000001_00179.html

Statutes cited at detention: https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/fyrbt/lxjzh/202405/t20240530_11347491.html

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What about former Chinese nationals?

That is a great point. I think if they are legally not Chinese nationals they shouldn't count as one.

FYI, China doesn’t allow dual nationality. So you get cases like Cheng Lei, an Australian citizen convicted under mainland NSL, but also, she was a former state media reporter, so a little bit of a different situation to your average westerner. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng_Lei_(journalist))

If her case is enough to satisfy the question, let me know and I’ll bid it up.

I can see reporting that she was an Australian citizen, so I presume she had given up CN citizenship? If so, that case would qualify for this question yes.

Is that enough to resolve, or are you looking for a case that occurs during the lifetime of the question?

Oh yeah I mean within the lifetime of the question

The title says "before 2026" and the description says "before the end of 2026".

I recommend changing the title to "before 2027" for consistency.

updated to end of 2026