There was news in China recently about the CEO of Gree Electric, Dong Mingzhu, saying she would not hire graduates returned from overseas as some are spies. I don’t know if this CIA push is also designed to increase distrust of overseas Chinese. The timing doesn’t line up because the videos would have taken time to produce, so it’s probably coincidental/reflective of the genral trend.
When in the country recently I also saw many public notices about improving the general awareness of national security.
spoiler
The one I saw most was an ad played in which a an officeworker takes a photo of a business document, then decides not to send it to someone over the phone, a jogger comes across a military restricted zone in the hills and decides to turn off her fitness application tracking, and a livestreamer on the coast asks his friend to cut the stream when PLAN ships pass in the background. It was aired on TV, possibly the trains and definitely at the airports. The message was basically civilians also have responsibility in protecting national security. There was another too but I forgor
All this to say that this issue does appear to be within the public conscience in China, so the CIA is likely to want to either nudge that towards paranoia and or take advantage of Chinese nationals who may have not considered becoming informants till this all became news.
There was news in China recently about the CEO of Gree Electric, Dong Mingzhu, saying she would not hire graduates returned from overseas as some are spies. I don’t know if this CIA push is also designed to increase distrust of overseas Chinese. The timing doesn’t line up because the videos would have taken time to produce, so it’s probably coincidental/reflective of the genral trend.
When in the country recently I also saw many public notices about improving the general awareness of national security.
spoiler
The one I saw most was an ad played in which a an officeworker takes a photo of a business document, then decides not to send it to someone over the phone, a jogger comes across a military restricted zone in the hills and decides to turn off her fitness application tracking, and a livestreamer on the coast asks his friend to cut the stream when PLAN ships pass in the background. It was aired on TV, possibly the trains and definitely at the airports. The message was basically civilians also have responsibility in protecting national security. There was another too but I forgor
All this to say that this issue does appear to be within the public conscience in China, so the CIA is likely to want to either nudge that towards paranoia and or take advantage of Chinese nationals who may have not considered becoming informants till this all became news.