Spread of Anti-Xi Jinping Sentiment... "US CIA Accelerates Restoration of Chinese Human Intelligence Network"

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is reportedly accelerating efforts to restore its human intelligence network within China, according to the New York Times (NYT) on the 17th (local time).

According to U.S. officials, Chinese President Xi Jinping's authoritarian style of governance is aiding the CIA's recruitment activities. Chinese citizens, including political and business elites who harbor resentment toward President Xi, are reportedly cooperating with the CIA.

The NYT also reported that among prominent figures, including children of Chinese Communist Party elite families, some privately express opposition to changes in China's domestic and foreign policies.

The CIA previously operated a human intelligence network inside China, but it collapsed after nearly 20 Chinese informants were killed or imprisoned in counterintelligence operations around 2010. However, since the appointment of Director William Burns by President Joe Biden, the agency has expanded its recruitment of China experts and established a new mission center focused on China, intensifying intelligence activities related to China. This investment is considered to have helped in gathering accurate information about the upper echelons of the Chinese Communist Party.

In fact, U.S. intelligence agencies obtained information during the Chinese surveillance balloon incident over U.S. airspace in February that President Xi had not been briefed in advance and subsequently expressed dissatisfaction to the military leadership, which was reported to President Biden.

China has also stepped up counterintelligence measures alongside its espionage activities against the U.S. It was recently revealed that China attempted to recruit James Woolsey, former CIA Director during the Bill Clinton administration, through the head of a U.S. think tank. Analysts suggest that while China continues traditional methods such as hacking to acquire information on the U.S., it is also focusing heavily on building human intelligence networks.

Additionally, China is reportedly actively utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition surveillance systems targeting U.S. intelligence operatives operating within its borders.

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