2026年6月12日 美国东部时间6:20 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/法新社
中国政府周五证实，已逮捕一名涉嫌从事间谍活动的美国公民，并确认该男子是一家专注于邻国缅甸的政策智库的政治分析师。
中国外交部发言人林健在周五的例行记者会上表示，缅甸战略与政策研究所（ISP-M）创始人吴明津（U Min Zin）已被采取“刑事强制措施”。
林健称，有关部门以“涉嫌从事间谍活动、危害中国国家安全”为由对其进行羁押，但未提供更多细节。
缅甸战略与政策研究所称，该机构研究缅甸国内的政治、资源与冲突动态。2021年军事政变后，缅甸陷入内战。
该机构的部分出版物详细记录了北京在中缅边境地区的影响力，北京被指支持符合其国家利益的武装派别。
目前尚不清楚吴明津被中国当局拘留时是否正在开展相关研究工作。缅甸战略与政策研究所官网的个人简介显示，他是该智库的创始成员兼执行主任。
一位与该智库有业务往来、因案件敏感性要求匿名的人士告诉法新社，吴明津于6月3日在毗邻缅甸的云南省昆明机场被捕。
另一位与这名被拘留学者关系密切、同样要求匿名的人士表示：“他当时是去参加一场会议。”
中国当局表示，已将此案通知美国驻广州总领事馆。
“他的家人和同事正在跟进该总领事馆的相关工作，”第二位消息人士称，“我知道他的家人非常担心。”
美国国务院、缅甸战略与政策研究所以及中国驻华盛顿大使馆均未立即回应哥伦比亚广播公司新闻就此次逮捕事件置评的请求。
“我们注意到有关一名美国公民在中国被拘留的报道，”美国国务院周四告诉《纽约时报》，“每当有美国公民被拘留，我们都会提供适当的领事协助。”
“中国是法治国家，”中国驻华盛顿大使馆告诉该报，“所有在华生活和旅行的外国人都必须遵守中国法律，违法犯罪者将被依法追究责任。”
is pictured at the Dissidents and Freedom forum at the Czech Foreign Ministry in Prague, in a March 5, 2008 file photo. MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty)
缅甸战略与政策研究所总部位于泰国北部城市清迈，自政变推翻昂山素季领导的民选政府以来，这里一直是缅甸政治流亡者的聚集地。
包括缅甸战略与政策研究所分析师在内的专家表示，根据不断变化的经济和安全利益，中国曾间歇性地支持缅甸执政的军方，以及军方在内战中对抗的反政府武装。
此次逮捕事件发生在特朗普总统赴北京与中国国家主席习近平举行峰会仅数周之后。特朗普称此次访问“令人难以置信”，并表示“会谈取得了诸多积极成果”。
China arrests U.S. researcher on suspicion of “espionage and endangering national security”
June 12, 2026 6:20 AM EDT / CBS/AFP
China has arrested an American citizen for alleged espionage, the country’s government confirmed Friday, identifying the man as a political analyst for a policy think tank focused on neighboring Myanmar.
U Min Zin, a founder of the Institute for Strategy and Policy Myanmar (ISP-M), has faced “criminal compulsory measures,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said during a briefing on Friday.
Authorities are holding him on suspicion “of engaging in espionage and endangering China’s national security,” Lin said, without providing further details.
Police guarding a road in Qinyuan county, in China’s northern Shanxi province on May 24, 2026. GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty
The ISP-M says it researches political, resource and conflict dynamics in Myanmar, which was plunged into civil war by a 2021 military coup.
Some of the group’s publications detail Beijing’s influence in the region spanning the China-Myanmar border, where Beijing is accused of supporting armed factions that align with its national interests.
It is not clear if U Min Zin was conducting research at the time he was detained by Chinese authorities. His biography on the ISP-M website describes him as “a founding member and the Executive Director” of the think tank.
A person with professional ties to ISP-M, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case, told the AFP news agency that U Min Zin was arrested on June 3 at Kunming airport in Yunnan province, which borders Myanmar.
“He went there to attend a meeting,” said another person with a close relationship to the detained academic, who also spoke on condition of anonymity.
Chinese authorities said the U.S. consulate in Guangzhou had been notified of the case.
“His family and colleagues are following up with the consulate office there,” the second source said. “I know his family is worried.”
Neither the U.S. State Department, nor the ISP-M, nor the Chinese Embassy in Washington immediately responded to CBS News requests for comment on the arrest.
“We are aware of reports regarding a U.S. citizen detained in China,” the State Department told the New York Times on Thursday. “Whenever a U.S. citizen is detained, we work to provide the appropriate consular assistance.”
“China is a country under the rule of law,” the Chinese Embassy in Washington told the newspaper. “All foreigners living and traveling in China must observe Chinese laws, and those who violate the law and commit crimes will be held legally accountable.”
U Min Zin (far right) is pictured at the Dissidents and Freedom forum at the Czech Foreign Ministry in Prague, in a March 5, 2008 file photo. MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty
The ISP-M is based in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a hub for political exiles from Myanmar since the coup ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Analysts, including those at the ISP-M, say China has intermittently backed both Myanmar’s ruling military, and the rebels that military is battling in the country’s civil war, depending on its varying economic and security interests.
The arrest took place only a few weeks after President Trump attended a summit in Beijing with China’s President Xi Jinping. Mr. Trump called it an “incredible visit” and said “a lot of good has come of it.”
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