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China warns university students about lucrative job offers from foreign spies

South China Morning Post · · 194 words · By Xinyi Wu
Foreign Espionage Threats Job Market Risks for Students
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“China’s top intelligence agency has warned university students to be wary of lucrative job postings that may serve as covers for foreign espionage”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Public Security (MPS; Chinese: 公安部; pinyin: Gōng'ānbù) is the primary law enforcement agency of the People's Republic of China (PRC). A constituent department of the State Council, the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Security_(C…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the principal civilian intelligence and security service of the People's Republic of China, responsible for foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and polit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Security_(Ch…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The People's Police of State Security Organs, informally known as the State Security Police (SSP) is the secret police component of China's Ministry of State Security (MSS). Though branded with the Pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Security_Police
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“Offers such as earning 800 yuan (US$117) a day for remote data processing or research projects promising easy money could be 'traps' to recruit students to illegally collect sensitive information for foreign intelligence agencies”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Armed Forces of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Ýaragly Güýçleri), known informally as the Turkmen National Army (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Milli goşun) is the national military of Turkmenista…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Turkmenistan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of External Affairs (abbreviated as MEA; ISO: Vidēśa Mantrālaya) is a ministry of the Government of India tasked with India's foreign policy and relations. The Ministry is headed by the M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of Public Security (Polish: Ministerstwo Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego), was the secret police, intelligence and counter-espionage agency operating in the Polish People's Republic. From 1945…
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“Be wary of promises of salaries that far exceed industry standards”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the principal civilian intelligence and security service of the People's Republic of China, responsible for foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and polit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Security_(Ch…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry of State Security (Russian: Министерство государственной безопасности, Russian pronunciation: [mʲɪnʲɪˈsʲtʲerstvə ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ]), abbreviated as MGB (Russian: МГБ),…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, pronounced [minɪsˈteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈʃtaːtsˌzɪçɐhaɪt]; abbreviated MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (pronounced [ˈʃtaːziː] , an …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi
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“Recruitment traps may involve requests for supplementary résumé details, such as information on previous internships in military units or experience in classified research projects”
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“Some 12.7 million university students are expected to graduate this summer, around 4 per cent more than last year”
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