China is cracking down on weather stations it says are spying for foreign countries, the latest measure in a broad counter-espionage campaign under leader Xi Jinping amid intensifying geopolitical tensions.
The country’s civilian spy agency, the Ministry of State Security, said Tuesday it had discovered hundreds of what it said were illegal meteorological stations with foreign links that were sending real-time weather data abroad – breaking data rules and posing national security risks. The facilities were found across more than 20 provinces, and some of them were “directly funded by foreign governments,” the ministry said in a statement on social media.
“The illegal collection and cross-border transmission of meteorological data endangers China’s sovereignty, security, and development interests.” Weather balloons and air quality The collection of meteorological data by foreign parties has previously sparked controversy with Chinese authorities. In 2012, Beijing demanded foreign governments stop releasing data on China’s air quality, after the US Embassy’s documentation of Beijing’s choking smog drew widespread public attention inside China.
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