Protesters gather in Charter Garden at the start of the protest rally to support Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee accused of leaking details of top-secret US surveillance of phones and internet, on June 15, 2013, in Hong Kong. (Photo : Getty Images/Jessica Hromas)
In a bid to raise public awareness of national security, the Chinese government launched a new "Dangerous Love" campaign, warning the government female workers about the dangers of dating foreigners, who could end up having secret agendas.
The increasing cases of espionage and breach of secrecy in China have the nation's government on edge. As a result, a 16-panel comic book-style poster has been widely displayed in residential communities all over Xicheng in Beijing, marking China's first National Security Education Day, CNN has learned.
As part of more than 100 promotional materials, the poster tells the story of an attractive young female civil servant, Xiao Li or Little Li, who is charmed by a redheaded foreigner, David, posing as a visiting scholar. David gained Li's trust by complimenting her beauty, giving bouquets of roses, taking her out of extravagant dinners and romantic walks in the park.
The cartoons depict a scenario where Li weeps before the two cops after she got arrested for giving the internal government documents to her foreign boyfriend, who is an overseas spy to steal China's political and military information. In the poster's final panel, the policemen tell Li that she has a "shallow understanding of secrecy for a state employee."
A district government in Beijing said in a statement, according to The National, that the poster would be displayed to "educate its employees about keeping classified information confidential." The government also urges them to report any spying activities' to the State Administration of National Security.
The poster also has a warning from the National Security Organs, shedding some light on the consequences of crimes endangering national security, most notably in Article 111 of the Criminal Law of the P.R.C., and the Article 27, Chapter IV of the Counter-Espionage Law.
The move comes after reports confirming the death sentence handed to a Chinese government employee after selling more than 150,000 leaked classified information to unidentified foreign spy organizations. The State secrets ranged from Communist Party to military and financial issues.
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