China’s spy agency takes to WeChat in espionage crackdown

The new WeChat account is meant to help the ministry promote awareness of the law, educate citizens about what to look out for and provide them with an easy-to-access way to report suspicious activities. — AP

China’s powerful spy agency made a public call on social media for citizens to join its anti-espionage drive, underscoring heightened concerns over national security in the world’s second largest economy.

"The entire society must mobilise against espionage!” the Ministry of State Security said Tuesday in its first post on Tencent’s WeChat. The ministry opened an account on the popular messaging platform a day earlier.