No small matter is something we can't take lightly! This is not alarmist, because espionage is in our lives. There may be some people around us who have been controlled by overseas personnel and become spies, and they may spy, squat, undercover, take pictures, etc., causing great harm to ***.
A few years ago, Agence France-Presse (AFP) announced a group of 115675 spies in China, including 48,564 foreign spies, mainly from the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom, and 67,111 Chinese spies from the United States.
Agence France-Presse also listed a specific number of US spies in China at that time: a total of 19,571 people, including 9,876 military professional spies (7,766 Chinese nationals) and 9,695 commercial spies.
We don't know how AFP counts these figures, but at that time Sino-US relations were "friendly", and the number of US spies in China is certainly even more staggering today.
In fact, the United States' spy war against China began as early as 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, but at that time, China's social conditions made it difficult for American spies to penetrate deep into the mainland.
U.S. intelligence agents really began to enter China on a large scale and made practical progress in the 80s, when China gradually expanded its opening up to the outside world, when the U.S. Intelligence Agency (CIA) espionage operations against China, codenamed "Boiling".
To put it simply, it is to send spies to infiltrate various industries in China, and at that time China lagged behind the United States in all aspects, so it mainly spread rumors and directly sabotage, with the aim of making China "boil".
* We will not sit idly by, and we will issue multiple notices to resolutely crack down on espionage activities in order to maintain social stability. In 2010, Agence France-Presse and Reuters reported that U.S. intelligence accounted for 70 percent of total global spending.
Since then, our country has stepped up its counter-espionage efforts. In 2017, the New York Times reported that the CIA's access to deep China information began to dwindle. It was later discovered that it was the CIA's secret communications system in China that had problems and was cracked by Chinese security department technicians.
Against this backdrop, Chinese security officers acted quickly and succeeded in dismantling an important CIA intelligence network in China, with at least 30 people** and one death.
The incident shocked the U.S. top and led to the uprooting of the CIA's entire spy network in China, "the biggest loss in China in decades."
The US magazine "Foreign Policy" revealed that the CIA's espionage communication system in China was cracked, which eventually caused a number of spies to disappear. To investigate the case, the C.I.A. launched an operation codenamed "Honey Badger" to censor all staff of embassies and consulates in Beijing.
According to anonymous CIA**, the system was originally used to develop new spies, but due to a technical error, it was connected to the main communications system of all CIA personnel who had access to classified personnel.
Foreign Policy magazine speculated that the Chinese may have cracked the system by providing access points and network information, catching spies and following the ropes, or exploiting vulnerabilities in the system.
The incident that sparked a big discussion between China and the United States, a reporter asked *** spokesperson Hua Chunying what her response was. Hua Chunying's response was very succinct, she said: "What I can tell you is that China's leading authorities investigate and deal with it in accordance with China's relevant laws, and they have effectively performed their duties for organizations, personnel and behaviors that endanger China's best interests and interests."
As for the work of the *** organ in the normal exercise of its powers, I will not comment too much. "Those who are familiar with the foreign remarks of the spokesperson know that Hua Chunying is clearly telling the United States that this incident is true, but she did not disclose any details.
At the same time, a document circulated on the Internet detailing possible spies: those whose jobs were ambiguous, multi-tasking, well-funded, and presented themselves as high-end individuals; Journalists stationed abroad and in China, members of non-** organizations; Scholars, exchange envoys, research scholars, or international students who have studied in multiple countries; Frequently participate in ** or part of the nature of seminars, good at making friends with participants at the conference, and carefully publish articles on social platforms; Employees and managers of foreign companies in China, etc.
The methods of US espionage in China have changed, and they are no longer limited to traditional methods, but appear more in the capacity of embassies, advisers, and representatives. Visiting scholars, businessmen, scientists, and staff members have become the most frequently rebelled groups, and their personal information and intelligence are easy to collect and use.
Although the CIA's intelligence network in China has been severely attacked, the United States has persistently built up an intelligence network in China to plot against Chinese nationals. In order to achieve this goal, the United States does not hesitate to invest a lot of money.
For example, in 2012, the U.S. Navy released a list of so-called strategic foreign languages, including Chinese, and divided into Cantonese, Mandarin and Hokkien, and mastering two of them can earn 1$20,000 in subsidies.
Prior to this, the CIA also lured Chinese intellectuals and Internet influencers through high remuneration. From $2,000 per 1,000 words at first, to $3,500 per 1,000 words.
Some "small essays" on social ** are often to provoke the emotions of netizens, so as to create conditions for espionage. After the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, China** quickly brought the epidemic under control, but this also caused difficulties for espionage.
In November 2021, Bloomberg quoted ** as saying that China was becoming a tougher and less transparent target.
I can tell you that we are working to build a robust human intelligence gathering capacity to complement other sources of intelligence. ”
The United States is really arrogant! The blatant large-scale intelligence war against China is apparently aimed at revenge for previous heavy losses in counterintelligence. However, China has long been prepared, and the newly revised Counter-Espionage Law of the People's Republic of China, which came into effect on July 1, has already begun to be implemented.
At the same time, the Chinese side gave a serious response to Burns' remarks. On July 24, in response to a reporter's question, ** spokesperson Mao Ning said: "While spreading false information about so-called Chinese espionage and cyber attacks, the US side has unabashedly claimed that it wants to carry out large-scale intelligence activities against China."
This in itself is the best proof of this. In fact, on the day the new version of the Counter-espionage Law of the People's Republic of China came into effect, the U.S. Embassy in China issued a so-called "risk warning", claiming that the law would bring risks or uncertainties to foreign companies, journalists, academics and researchers.
The intentions of the United States are well known to all, and they are thieves shouting to catch thieves.
Be wary of spies lurking around you and don't take them lightly. Let's take a classic Chinese song as a warning: when friends come to visit, we treat each other with good wine, but we only use shotguns to chase away jackals with malicious intentions.