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China asks citizen spies to sign up and snoop on their neighbours

China’s all-powerful Ministry of State Security has urged the country’s citizens to take up spying to protect the country’s national security.

In its first official post on the social media platform WeChat, the ministry said it was necessary to establish a system which normalised the public’s participation in counter-espionage activities. Anyone taking part in spying efforts should be praised and rewarded by the government, it added.

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