China’s security ministry has opened an account on WeChat, the country’s popular everything app, urging its citizens to spy on each other and foreigners to aid counter-espionage work. The move to put China on an anti-espionage footing follows the passage of a Foreign Relations Law that labels the gathering of any information as espionage, vastly expanding the investigative powers of Chinese law enforcement and spooking foreign businesses operating in China.
Everyone’s a spy
