CIA Tells Chinese People How They Can 'Securely Connect' With U.S. | WION

The American Central Intelligence Agency is leveraging Mandarin-language social media campaigns to recruit secret agents within China, specifically seeking individuals who can provide "the truth" about the country. These digital outreach efforts include instructional videos guiding potential informants on using Western VPNs, secure browsers, and encrypted email accounts to establish contact while avoiding detection by Beijing. This strategy follows previous campaigns targeting China’s defense industry and economic policies, as well as similar intelligence-gathering operations directed at Russian assets during the Biden administration. While CIA leadership defends these tactics as essential to the agency's mission of acquiring foreign secrets, the initiative raises significant questions regarding the personal risks Chinese citizens face when engaging with American intelligence services in a high-stakes geopolitical environment.