![]() ![]() Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, in November 2020, urged the US to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in an “orderly and responsible” manner. This amateurish Chinese intelligence network was easily exposed and also revealed China’s profound anxiety on the clandestine Uyghur militants and settlements in Afghanistan and surrounding areas. That is why it is reported that the Chinese spy ring in this Afghanistan case were construction worker, carpenter, medical doctor, bakery and restaurant owners, a total of 13 people. Therefore, to encounter such a harsh situation without a professional intelligence backup, China’s tactics to gather information involves going to the informal social networks with informants from all sectors, which may be inefficient in intelligence gathering, but could successfully penetrate the grassroots. More interestingly, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, in a media briefing in January 2021 said that they were “unaware of” the case, and highlighted that “China and Afghanistan’s relations have always been very friendly, and our cooperation is very friendly in every field and is proceeding normally”.Įxcept for in Pakistan, China does not seem to have a resilient and reliable international intelligence exchange network in West and South Asia. He pointed out that “this is a sensitive case” and that he could not “disclose details” about it. ![]() Ahmad Zia Saraj, the chief of Afghanistan’s National Directorate Security, confirmed to the Afghan Parliament recently that a Chinese spy ring was arrested for espionage in December 2020. ![]()
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