Chinese national arrested for ‘taking pictures of US planes on military base’

NewsWorldAmericasUS Crime NewsChinese national arrested for ‘taking pictures of US planes on military base’The 21-year-old was arrested at a New York airport while trying to leave the U.S. Ed White Tuesday 21 April 2026 17:32 BSTBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":false,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2962052","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/tianrui-liang-chinese-college-student-arrested-photos-us-military-planes-b2962052.html","title":"Chinese national arrested for ‘taking pictures of US planes on military base’"}}CloseTrump accuses Iran of attempting to get "a gift from china" amid warThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_Evening_Newsletter","regTitle":"Evening Headlines","subscriptionGroup":"us_evening_headlines","subscriptionGroupId":"4326e634-422a-4447-8e1e-604a937cd3b5","type":"daily_news","pathPrefix":["/us","/news/world/americas","/news/world/americas/crime"],"title":"The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday","mobileTitle":"Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/usEveningHeadlines1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveEveningHeadlinesUSNews","regSourceSection":"US Crime News","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"},"isClimate":false}A college student fr...