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CIA Releases Mandarin Videos to Recruit Chinese Officials for Intelligence

The agency aims to bypass China's Great Firewall with cinematic videos targeting disillusioned CCP leaders and junior cadres.

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A security officer keeps watch during the second plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 7, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
Security personnel keep watch at the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 8, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
A scene from a CIA recruitment video.

Overview

  • The CIA has launched two Mandarin-language videos on social media platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Telegram, Instagram, and X, to recruit Chinese officials as informants.
  • The videos depict fictional scenarios featuring disillusioned senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders and junior government workers, encouraging them to leak secrets to the U.S.
  • The CIA is seeking intelligence on advanced science, military and cyber technologies, economic data, and China's foreign policy, in addition to counterintelligence.
  • Officials expressed confidence that the videos are penetrating China's Great Firewall and reaching their target audience, building on previous recruitment efforts in China, Iran, and North Korea.
  • This initiative reflects the intensifying intelligence competition between the U.S. and China, with Beijing identified as the CIA's foremost strategic priority.