CIA releases Mandarin-language videos to encourage Chinese officials to spill secrets

Our agency must continue responding to this threat with urgency, creativity, and grit, and these videos are just one of the ways we are doing this,

Ratcliffe said

I’ve done nothing wrong, I can’t go on living in fear!”

As the pace of the music picks up, he says

There may be more efforts to gather information from the other side, whether by compromising individuals or computer networks,

Chong says

As I rose the ranks of the party, I watched as those above me were cast aside,

he narrates in Mandarin

The party teaches us if we dedicate ourselves to the path they’ve designated for us, we will have a bright future,

the junior official says

It seems like they’re basing this off the success they had in Russia—but I would question how effective this will be considering most North Koreans don’t have access to the internet,

Mason Richey, an associate professor of international politics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, told the BBC in October

No adversary in the history of our nation has presented a more formidable challenge or a more capable strategic competitor than the Chinese Communist Party,

Ratcliffe wrote

We value and respect anyone who is willing to engage in dialogue with us,

read the Chinese-language captions of the videos released this week by the CIA

We want to make sure individuals in other authoritarian regimes know that we’re open for business,

a spokesperson for the agency said at the time

Our leaders’ failure to fulfil repeated promises of prosperity has become a well-known secret … It’s time I start working towards my own dreams.”

In another, the narrator declares

It is intent on dominating the world economically, militarily, and technologically,

CIA director John Ratcliffe said in a statement

Do you have any information about economic, fiscal, or trade policies?”

the CIA asks in the caption

It’s all too common for someone to suddenly vanish without a trace. What I fear most is that my family’s fate is tied to my own. I must prepare an escape route,

he says, while the camera pans to two empty seats at the dinner table

Their ulterior motives are self-evident. Since the US can’t shake us with its trade war, they’re trying to undermine us from within. The imperialists never stop scheming against China. We must stay united!”

Another user wrote

As I rise within the party, I watch those above me get discarded like worn-out shoes, one after another. But now, I realize that my fate is just as precarious as theirs,

the narrator says, as a Chinese official and his wife walk into a lavish dinner with Chinese government agents tailing him

From a young age, the party taught us that as long as we diligently followed the path laid out by our leaders, we would have a bright future. The sky that was meant to be shared by all is now enjoyed by only a few, leaving me no choice but to forge my own path,

he says

This man, who has diligently worked his way to the top throughout his life, now profoundly realises that no matter how high his status is, it is insufficient to protect his family in these turbulent and unsettling times,

reads a Chinese-language description of the video on YouTube

Desmond Shumchinese author

This kind of public outreach is exactly the sort of provocation that enrages the CCP – and Xi Jinping personally,

Shum said on X, referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping

The hardest part of a journey is the first step. It’s time I start working toward my own dreams,

he says as he taps a link on his phone to secretly contact the CIA

Today, the CIA released Mandarin-language videos aimed at recruiting Chinese officials to steal secrets,

Ratcliffe said in a statement