China calls CIA videos 'absurd' attempt to recruit spies
- China’s top intelligence agency criticized a recent CIA effort to recruit informants from China, calling it a sign of desperation amidst budget cuts in the U.S.
- The CIA's campaign was described by China's Ministry of State Security as an 'amateurish gambit.'
- The Ministry stated it will 'resolutely protect the nation's strategic interests and core secrets' against such recruitment attempts.
- China asserted that any efforts to incite betrayal among its citizens are 'doomed to fail.
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China accused the U.S. CIA on Wednesday of "absurdly" recruiting its citizens through two videos posted on social media. The Chinese State Security Ministry indicated that the videos are like job advertisements on social networks and that they constitute an " amateur maneuver" to convince people to spy on Americans. "These two carefully crafted 'job warnings', full of clumsy rhetoric and slanderous claims, expose the absurd logic and delusional …
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China calls CIA videos 'absurd' attempt to recruit spies
Beijing accused the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Wednesday (Jun 25) of making an "absurd" attempt to recruit Chinese citizens via videos posted to social media.
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