Wanted: spies (must speak Mandarin)

BRITAIN’S secret service has begun a drive to recruit a cadre of Mandarin-speaking spies to counter the growing Chinese influence in the oil-rich regions of central Asia and Africa.

Amid fears that Beijing is dispatching spies around the world to plunder western technological secrets, MI6 is advertising on its website for recruits who can speak Mandarin.

It has also instructed recruiters in universities and the City to target Britain’s small number of Chinese language graduates.

The concerns which have prompted the move by MI6 will be highlighted today in a report from MPs which warns that Britain and the West may be heading for a cold war-style clash with China over Beijing’s pursuit of raw materials.

The foreign affairs select committee urges the government to step up covert surveillance and warns of the danger of China and Vladimir Putin’s Russia allying in an “authoritarian bloc opposed to democracy” which could be in “collision with western interests”.

MPs are particularly worried by a grouping set up by China, Russia and a number of central Asian states called the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which they believe Beijing may try to develop into a rival to western organisations such as the G8.

As China becomes richer, it is becoming increasingly assertive to secure supplies of oil and other raw materials in Asia and Africa. Earlier this year a large oil pipeline leading from a Chinese-financed field in Kazakhstan went on stream.

There are serious concerns about Chinese advances in African countries such as Angola and in Sudan, where Beijing is believed to have stationed 4,000 officials to guard its oil interests.

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PLABUDDY said:

No thanks. I don't like spying lol.:roll: I'm serious. The punishment is simply too harsh.:china:

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RavenWing278 said:

are u saying that, given enough money, you'll sell out your own country?

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FuManChu said:

I don't think his country IS China, so he wouldn't be selling out if he agreed to this. I doubt he would sell his country out - I wouldn't, unless the BNP took over and I was working to kick it out.

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are u saying that, given enough money, you'll sell out your own country? come to think of it.. would any one here turncoat given the right incentive?

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swimmerXC said:

Whomever say I'll provide the right info? It's called a double agent

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swimmerXC said:

You have no idea

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