China Reacts to CIA’s New Attempt to Recruit Chinese Spies

China’s Foreign Ministry on Friday pledged to thwart “anti-China forces” after the CIA released a dramatic Chinese-language video to solicit informants from the officer corps of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Why It Matters While intelligence agencies routinely cultivate sources within both friendly and adversarial militaries, observers noted the 95-second clip was unusually overt. Its release comes as U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping attempt to walk back tensions driven by a range of grievances, from trade to an escalating rivalry in the West Pacific. The timing is also sensitive for China’s military establishment, coming just weeks…