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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Helen Davidson in Taipei

‘For a better life’: CIA releases videos to lure disgruntled CCP officials to spy on China

A screenshot from a CIA video seeking to convince disillusioned Chinese officials to leak government secrets to the US.
A screenshot from a CIA video seeking to convince disillusioned Chinese officials to leak government secrets to the US. Photograph: CIA/YouTube

The CIA is on a recruitment drive for foreign spies. In their sights are Chinese officials and workers, who the US intelligence agency hopes to turn against Beijing via some newly released glossy videos.

The two videos touch on probable anxieties among some inside the Communist party machine – getting stuck in a lowly job assisting an increasingly wealthy corrupt official, or becoming victim to the endless purges that have targeted millions of party members at all levels since Xi Jinping came to power.

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