Yang Xu, a 42-year-old career intelligence officer for the Chinese government, was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of ButlerCounty Sherif's Office/ Website Nov. 16 (UPI) — A federal court in Cincinnati, Ohio, handed down a 20-year sentence Wednesday to the first Chinese government intelligence officer to ever be extradited to the United States to face trial. The sentencing of Yang Xu, a 42-year-old career intelligence officer for the Chinese government, is being heralded by federal authorities as "historic" and as a warning to foreign governments that the United States will not tolerate espionage committed against its…