CCTV anchor suspected of spying for TaiwanBy Cui Xiaohuo (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-06-12 07:23 Comments(15) PrintMailA veteran anchor with China Central Television (CCTV) is under suspicion of spying, sources revealed Thursday.




Fang Jing, the 38-year-old face of CCTV's prime-time military program Defense Watch, is being investigated for possibly spying for Taiwan, colleagues told China Daily.

The security authorities have neither confirmed nor denied the reports.


Fang, a Beijing native with a postgraduate degree, started hosting the program in 2006. Her last on-air appearance was on the Sunday edition on March 1 when she hosted an episode about India's military strength featuring Rear Admiral Zhang Zhaozhong, a military expert at the National Defense University.

Fang's segments often touch upon regional military topics and she compares China's military capacity with foreign powers, often with the help of specialists from the People's Liberation Army.

Zhang, who has been a frequent guest on the show, told China Daily Thursday night that Fang's case is "still under investigation" and "no conclusion has been reached so far".

"She has not been jailed as is being rumored," Zhang said. "But she is not hosting the program anymore, because she is currently being investigated."

He confirmed that Fang quit after the March 1 edition.

Sources with CCTV also confirmed Thursday that Fang had been "taken away for a possible spy probe".

She was rumored to have been seduced by a man from Taiwan who was "eight years younger than her" and to have received money from him, the sources said.

Fang had been member of the all-star line-up at some of the largest live broadcasts in CCTV history, including the three-day live coverage of the return of Hong Kong to the mainland in 1997 and live coverage of the millennium celebrations.

She started working for CCTV in 1994 after graduating from China's top school for broadcast journalists and spent four months at Harvard University in Boston as a visiting scholar.

A Yi, another CCTV anchor, speculated on his blog on Tuesday that Fang, who had hosted prime-time news features and news bulletins, wanted to host the military weekly program "for the purpose of collecting military intelligence for sources outside".

An online forum about Fang Thursday night was filled with emotional posts, with many fans expressing shock and outrage.

"It can't be that such an outstanding woman has been turned against the mainland," a viewer said on condition of anonymity.

"But if it's true, it is quite worrisome because she could have learned a lot through her job."

别回避话题，翻译这段英文来
中国日报是官方媒体，应该不会乱报

中国日报网中国在线消息：关于中央电视台著名主持人方静被传是“间谍”的事件，《中国日报》12日上午10时与方静取得联系。她表示，自己从未接受“任何部门的任何人”的询问或调查。

方静表示，目前包括所在节目组嘉宾、央视员工以及网络间关于自己是“军事间谍”的传闻不实。

“到现在没有任何一个部门的任何人向我了解任何情况，”方静表示。

她还证实，门户网站新浪网的博客为她11日晚所开，博客上的申明出自她的手笔。自己暂时离开节目也不是因为“接受所谓‘间谍’时间调查的原因”。

10时许，方静又在博客中发布申明，她个人只在新浪开有博客，其他网站如冒用本人名义开设博客，她将保留追究责任的权利。

自1993年开始为中央电视台主持新闻栏目的方静，从2006年起担任该台军事频道《防务新观察》的主持。该栏目经常聚焦于地区性安全问题以及中外军力格局的变化。

该节目组的工作人员12日上午也向《中国日报》表示，传闻均不实，方静离开节目是为健康原因。

（《中国日报》记者 崔晓火 编辑 肖亭）

中国日报也太变态了，大清早发的英文报道说她间谍了，十点钟发一个中文报道来辟谣，还是同一个记者写的

精神分裂教教主啊

方静：我一定会诉诸法律

方静表示，自己是在6月11日中午经过朋友的通知才得知此事，得知消息后她专门上了阿忆的博客。“当时看过内容，当然是很气愤，因为这完全是无中生有，造谣诽谤。”方静肯定地告诉记者，自己一定会诉诸法律，因为“他已经触犯了法律”。同时，方静表示“我不做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门”。而对于广大网友和观众对此事的震惊，甚至现在对她个人的怀疑，她表示自己都能理解。

当凤凰网娱乐频道问，此事之后，有没有跟阿忆试图联系、沟通？方静语气坚定地说：“没有。我不认识这个人，也没有跟他说过一句话。”而对于目前，方静是否已经跟律师见过面，方静表示这些暂时不能透露。

方静：我还是央视的正式员工

方静“间谍门”一出，立刻引来诸多网友猜疑。对于消息是否属实，为何很久未在荧屏露面，是否仍将回央视主持等问题，方静给出的回复是：“我昨天还去过台里。我现在的工资卡还在正常进账，说明我还是央视的正式员工。”方静向大家保证，自己一定会再回到主播台，但是具体时间现在不方便透露。而对于最近是否身体有恙，家中是否有事，以及5月12日之后有没有在台里工作过等疑问，方静一律拒绝了回答，表示“这不方便透露”。

方静：我对军事一点也不了解 也不喜欢

对于给自己惹来麻烦的军事节目《防务新观察》，方静说当初绝非自己执意要去，而是在推脱了半年，才执拗不过最终接下来的。方静说自己对军事一点都不喜欢，也根本不了解。对于该节目，她也是履行正常的节目前准备工作，并无其他繁琐、深奥与机密的东西