How to Spot a Spy

[Randy W]

in the New York Times

 

Manual on How to Spot a Spy Circulates in an Increasingly Wary China

 

 

“But one has to ask, who produced it? And what was the purpose?”

Partly answering the question himself, Mr. Yuan said it suggested a Chinese government that sees itself as besieged.

“Every time you travel to China you see the state faces heavy pressure,” he said. “Each time there are new security measures.”

. . .

The state itself may be at fault, a Global Times article in September implied. Because of the government’s secretive habits and heavy censorship, it said, the general public may not be well informed about the espionage threat.

Screenplays for films about espionage tend not to gain approval from censors, the article said. “Therefore literary creation in this area seems like a forbidden zone, despite continuous information warfare” facing China from the outside world, it said.

And recent cases of espionage have not been made public, forfeiting opportunities to educate citizens, it said in the article headlined: “Be wary of espionage trap surrounding us.”

It all points to what analysts are saying: that China, a year after setting up a National Security Commission under the Communist Party, is putting greater emphasis on counterespionage and may be giving closer scrutiny to foreigners, and Chinese who associate with them, even as interaction between China and the outside world deepens.

 

 

[Doug]

Meanwhile, we keep stealing their women

[amberjack1234]

Meanwhile, we keep stealing their women

Recon they're spy's?

[Randy W]

 

Meanwhile, we keep stealing their women

 

Recon they're spy's?

Hey! We done been spotted!