China has strongly accused the United States of hypocrisy regarding espionage following the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) recent campaign to recruit Chinese informants.
At a press conference on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian answered questions about recent incidents. wall street journal Report details the “unprecedented scale” of Chinese espionage targeting Western countries.
This article covers such attacks under Chinese President Xi Jinping, including a Federal Bureau of Investigation report that said Chinese state-backed hackers breached more than 250,000 Internet-connected devices in several countries, including the United States, last month. It was emphasized that this is becoming more active. England, France.
“For some time now, few Western media outlets have been disseminating disinformation about China’s so-called espionage activities, but they have not presented any facts or evidence, apart from some assumptions and speculations,” Lin said.
He was referring to a CIA Chinese-language post earlier this month on platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) and YouTube that provided instructions on how Chinese nationals could safely contact U.S. authorities.
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“We noted that the CIA recently posted online contact instructions in Chinese on social media in an attempt to direct Chinese personnel to informants,” Lin said, adding that this was a serious threat to China’s national interests. He said it was a serious violation.
“Over the years, the CIA has used a variety of despicable methods to steal secrets, interfere in other countries’ internal affairs, and carry out subversive activities,” the spokesperson continued.
newsweek The CIA was contacted for comment via email.
Lin criticized what he described as Washington’s hypocrisy, saying, “On the one hand, the United States blatantly conducts espionage around the world, but on the other hand, it makes baseless accusations of espionage against other countries.” “There is,” he said.
He pledged that the Chinese government would “resolutely crack down on” sabotage and infiltration attempts by “anti-China forces” abroad.
In an interview with Bloomberg published on October 2, CIA Deputy Director David Cohen said the CIA collects information from disaffected people under the Xi Jinping administration, which is currently serving an unprecedented third term. approved the strategy. Economic slowdown.
“There are people inside who understand what’s going on. For a variety of motivations, they basically don’t like the direction in which President Xi is taking this country and are willing to work with us to help their country.” “I understand that there is,” he said.
China’s top intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security, has stepped up efforts since last year to warn ordinary Chinese that their sensitive information could be targeted by foreign spies.
The campaign urges people to be vigilant and report suspicious activity on social media to authorities.
