MSS calls US intelligence agency’s ‘clumsy’ effort to recruit Chinese informants a budget-driven stunt
The post, published in both Chinese and English, referred to a CIA effort to recruit Chinese spies as “yet another farcical performance”.
New CIA videos seek to lure Chinese officials to leak secrets to US
It was the first time that the MSS, which has become increasingly active on social media, has responded to the advertisements – two Chinese-language videos posted by the CIA on social media last month.
The videos were intended to exploit possible dissatisfaction among Chinese officials with the ruling Communist Party leadership and encourage them to leak secrets to the United States.
