A Chinese Communist Party think tank staffer offered to pay for sources
A screenshot of Aaron Shen's LinkedIn account before he deleted it. Image source: LinkedIn A person on LinkedIn claiming to work for a think tank run by a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party department recently offered financial compensation for the names of my sources and for reports about the incoming Biden's administration's views on China. Why it matters: It was a surprisingly clumsy attempt to gain insider information about the U.S. government's China policy, suggesting that amid a chill in U.S.-China relations and a global pandemic, it's gotten harder for people in Beijing to know what...
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