Results tagged “publicsafety”

Everyone knows about the Great Firewall in China. After a few months here in PRC, people just learn to live with it or find ways around it. In recent days, we have found our internet mobility further limited by yet another layer of unwanted security, one that is perhaps more local in nature.

If you are a horny Japanese diplomat in China, chances are you will be getting a new guide on how to handle approaches from Chinese secret service agents, especially those of the female persuasion. This following the May, 2004 suicide of a staff member in Japan’s consulate in Shanghai. The man killed himself after alleged attempts by the Public Safety Bureau to extract classified information from him, using his affair with a Bureau agent, unbeknownst to him at the time, as blackmailing material. China of course has categorically denied any involvement in the matter. Wink wink, nudge nudge. Shanghaiist first reported the story here.