Chinese Military on CIA's New China Unit: "Hostile Foreign Force... People's War Needed"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] The Chinese military strongly opposed the 'China Mission Center,' a separate organization established by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to counter China, calling it the "evil underside" of a hostile foreign force.

According to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post (SCMP) on the 18th, the People's Liberation Army Daily posted on its official Weibo account the previous day, describing the CIA as a hostile foreign force and stating, "Behind the CIA's blatant recruitment of special agents lies something more evil and intolerable."

It continued, "A cunning fox cannot defeat an excellent hunter. To maintain national security, we must trust and rely solely on the people," emphasizing, "A people's war is necessary to prevent spies from operating and to counter the risks to confidential information."

Earlier, on the 7th (local time), CIA Director William Burns announced in a statement the establishment of the China Mission Center.

Accordingly, the CIA plans to deploy agents, linguists, technical personnel, and experts in various countries to collect intelligence.

The CIA also intends to recruit and train Chinese language proficient personnel. Director Burns plans to meet with the head of the China Mission Center weekly to receive reports.

SCMP reported, "In the U.S., the China Mission Center is seen as a belated reflection of the foreign policy agenda of the Joe Biden administration, but from China's perspective, shocked by the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union 30 years ago, the institution raises concerns about 'color revolutions.'"

'Color revolutions' refer to a series of movements that occurred with the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union, meaning citizen revolutions aimed at regime change.

On the 12th, Chinese Foreign Ministry Deputy Minister Luo Yucheng, without mentioning the China Mission Center, said in an interview with China's CGTN, according to SCMP, "Internationally, the U.S. has repeatedly caused turmoil through color revolutions and democratization."

China has been on high alert for foreign spy threats over the past few years, encouraging reports of suspicious espionage activities.

In August, China's Ministry of State Security announced that economic and financial espionage cases last year increased sevenfold compared to the previous five years.