China vowed on Friday to take all necessary measures to combat foreign espionage, according to a Foreign Ministry spokesman, stressing that Beijing will confront "infiltration and destabilization operations," the day after the CIA published a video urging Chinese military personnel to work as its spies.
Published on: 02/13/2026 - 16:45 Last updated: 02/13/2026 - 17:44
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Beijing said on Friday that it would take "all necessary measures" to confront attempts at foreign espionage, after the US intelligence agency published a Chinese-language video aimed at recruiting Chinese agents.
On Thursday, the CIA published on its YouTube channel a call to recruit Chinese military personnel as spies for it, through a representative video showing a Chinese officer deciding to communicate with it, after concluding that “the only thing leaders are concerned about is their own interests,” and that “their authority is based on countless lies.”
In response, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jiang said Friday: “China will take all necessary measures to confront infiltration and destabilization operations led from abroad by anti-China actors.” He continued during a press conference: “The forces hostile to China will not achieve their goals.”
The representative clip published by the agency shows a Chinese officer at home with his family and then passing through a checkpoint in the rain before taking out a laptop inside the car and starting to type on it, saying, “Choosing this path is my way to fight for my family and my country.”
The Chinese text accompanying the clip includes calls for information to be leaked about leaders and the army in China. He says: "Do you have information about senior Chinese leaders? Are you an officer or do you have dealings with the army? Do you work in intelligence, the diplomatic corps, economics, science, or advanced technology fields, or do you deal with people working in these fields? Please contact us. We want to understand the truth."
The text adds that the CIA can be contacted “securely via our secret service, Tor,” which is designed to conceal one’s identity when using the Internet.
The invitation came after the CIA published a number of video recordings last year, which its director, John Ratcliffe, said was aimed at recruiting Chinese officials.
Washington and Beijing have long accused each other of espionage.
France 24/AFP
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