It has been claimed that the CIA has introduced a brazen plot to undermine Chinese despot Xi Jinping via social media to wreak havoc in Beijing.
Donald Trump has subsidized the “ghost hunt” initiative aimed at sowing paranoia among civilians and senior officials, hoping to appeal to anti-China public opinion.
The CIA’s special task force has reportedly leaked data that Chinese leaders are entering into cash contracts with foreign governments.
There are also allegations that senior Beijing officials were hiding their profits abroad, Reuters reports.
Starting in 2019, the U. S. intelligence firm presented the Trump-approved plan in hopes of provoking paranoia within China’s upper echelons.
Former U. S. officials with direct knowledge spoke to Reuters about the top-secret operation, with one of them saying, “We were looking for them to chase the ghosts. “
And someone else revealed, “It seemed as if China attacked us with metal baseball bats and we responded with wooden bats. “
Three former officials said the CIA had assembled a small team of agents for the initiative, using fake web identities to spread negative propaganda toward Xi’s government.
They also leaked intelligence to the foreign press that portrayed China in a light.
Reportedly, the move was aimed at mitigating China’s influence in the world, especially with regard to the U. S. election.
Trump’s presidency ended in 2020 when his Democratic rival Joe Biden defeated him 306-232 in the Electoral College.
But cyberhackers from the U. S. intelligence agencies of world powers, including China and Russia, interfered in the first elections in 2016 that brought him to power.
Despite his victory in 2016 and a rarely close alliance with Xi, Trump has cracked down on China more harshly during his tenure than many presidents before him.
In 2018, it even gave the CIA more strength for its own cyber operations overseas.
The concept is that they could simply act in retaliation for attacks by Chinese and Russian hackers.
And in 2019, Trump approved the program that allowed U. S. spies to conduct operations in China and in countries where the U. S. and Beijing compete for influence.
The discussion basically targeted the countries of Southeast Asia, Africa and the South Pacific, with special attention to China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
China’s Belt and Road Project is an infrastructure plan aimed at expanding Xi’s foreign influence and boosting his economy.
And particularly over the past decade, China has expanded its military pacts, industrial agreements, and industrial agreements.
Some claims that circulated through the CIA on social media recommend that this specific scheme be exploited through corrupt Chinese officials to make money.
Reports on the CIA’s plan revealed its effectiveness, but they also failed to reveal major points about the officials attacked.
Former U. S. officials said the data they posted online was based on facts.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson told Reuters that the explosive data shows that the United States is using public opinion platforms as weapons to spread false data and manipulate foreign public opinion.
It is not clear that Biden has carried out this initiative.
Tensions between China and the United States continue to grow as the world finds itself in an era of intense conflict.
Just a few days ago, the U. S. House of Representatives passed a landmark bill that would give Beijing-based TikTok platform ByteDance six months to sell the social network or face a full shutdown.
This would force the app’s parent company to acquire a non-Chinese customer or face a ban in the U. S. U. S.
Concerns about the Chinese social media app intensified last year among Western governments due to its collection of knowledge.
One expert even claims that the UK could follow America’s lead and try to ban the app from its 25 million users here.
The Sun has contacted the CIA for comment.
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