měi guó美国zhōng qíng jú中情局xiǎng想zhāo招zhōng guó中国jiàn dié间谍,dàn但zhōng guó中国rén人bù不gǎn xìng qù感兴趣
The CIA recently posted two videos on social media, hoping that Chinese officials would become informants for the United States.
The Chinese government has stated it will crack down on infiltration activities by foreign forces.
In the videos, a senior official, under great pressure from anti-corruption efforts and worried about his safety, eventually contacts the CIA.
Another young official feels that the one-party system benefits only a few and wants to change his life.
Although these videos discuss some issues in Chinese society, most Chinese people are not interested and do not believe American propaganda.
Many people feel that the U.S. is not as influential as before, and some worry that contacting the CIA would be very dangerous.
Chinese netizens also say that the CIA's previous informants in China were all caught.
Experts believe these videos may be intended to make Chinese society distrust itself rather than to actually recruit spies.