Dong Jingwei - MOAR BQQM
"Mystery of Top Chinese Spymaster’s Rumored Defection Gets Weirder"
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mystery-of-top-chinese-spymaster-dong-jingweis-rumored-defection-gets-weirder?ref=scroll
"China’s officially sanctioned media reported that Dong had appeared at a MSS seminar on the mainland where he “urged the country’s intelligence officers” to crack down on enemy spies, according to an account in Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. But the reports did not say where the seminar took place, nor did they include photos or video of Dong’s supposed appearance, further raising suspicions about his status…"
"The absence of any photos of Dong at the supposed June 18 seminar is doubly suspicious, Han said, because Beijing has not been shy about publicizing his public meetings before. In 2018, party officials posted a photo of him in Germany, along with his boss Chen Yixin, attending a high level Sino-German security meeting. “Therefore there’s no excuse for not posting a recent photo of Dong to refute the rumor,” Han said…"
"Former Pentagon, State Department and CIA China expert Nicholas Eftimiades says it’s telling that “Beijing has made no flat denial and hasn't produced Dong publicly. So there is no clear indication of what's happening.”
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Meanwhile, someone hasn't got the memo yet at the South China Morning Post:
"Top Chinese spy catcher Dong Jingwei warns agents to look out for those who collude with foreign forces"
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3137958/top-chinese-spy-catcher-dong-jingwei-warns-agents-look-out
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