China's foreign policy

One on man reading Chinese newspapers. Andy Wong / AP  

 

China's foreign policy  

The proposal that could turn all Chinese into active spies  

 

China should set up systems to involve its entire population in its spy network, the country's security ministry said in a post on the WeChat communications platform, NBC reported. 

 

An introduction of a system that makes it easy for all citizens to report suspicious activities, while allowing authorities to issue orders and rewards, would be a start, it is stated. 

 

"The most important thing is to guard the leadership and power of the Communist Party and the socialist system that characterizes China," Chen Yixin, the minister in charge, wrote in a Chinese newspaper earlier in July.  

 

Since the turn of the year, a new law has been in effect in China which means that information that can harm "national interests" is no longer allowed to leave the country. The US has warned that the law could be interpreted randomly.  

 

The Swedish Security Police has previously identified China as a threat to Swedish interests. Not least because the country, since 2017, has decided that all individual Chinese must assist the intelligence service "when necessary". The proposal would make all Chinese available spies

 

Taiwanese soldiers. Daniel Ceng / AP  

The China-Taiwan relationship 

Spy mess exposed in Taiwan - leaked to China  

Taiwan is investigating several employees for having leaked military secrets to China, writes Reuters.  

The Ministry of Defense in Taipei said in a statement on Wednesday that it had evidence against a group of military personnel - including a lieutenant colonel. The leaked information is said to have been handed over to representatives of the Communist Party of China.  

The suspects are said to be both active and retired employees who belonged to the country's air force and special forces.  

Two people have been arrested while four have been released on bail pending trial.