The video, published on the CIA’s YouTube channel, features an imaginary Chinese officer who decides to contact the American intelligence agency after concluding that “the only thing leaders protect are their own interests” and that “their power rests on countless lies.”
The footage also depicts the officer with his family at home, then driving through a checkpoint in heavy rain before grabbing a laptop and beginning to type, declaring: “Choosing this path is my way of fighting for my family and my country.”
Accompanying text in Chinese encourages viewers to disclose information about Chinese leaders and high-ranking officials, as well as in other domains.
“Do you have information about high-ranking Chinese leaders? Are you a military officer or connected to the army? Do you work in intelligence, diplomacy, economics, advanced sciences, or technologies, or are you in contact with people working in these fields?” the video states.
“Please contact us. We want to know the truth,” the text adds, indicating that the CIA can be contacted “safely through its secret service (on the secure browser) Tor.”
Last year, the CIA had released several videos aimed at “recruiting Chinese officials to assist the United States,” according to its director, John Ratcliffe. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned that initiative at the time, labeling it as “pure political provocation.”
The release of this video comes just days after the dismissal at the end of January of General Zhang Youxia, who is suspected of “serious disciplinary violations.”
