Chinese Drug Dealer Delivers Encrypted Messages to Buyers Using Short Videos on Social Media

Chinese Drug Dealer Delivers Encrypted Messages to Buyers Using Short Videos on Social Media
Packs of methamphetamine crystals are displayed behind a cordon during a press conference at the Customs Headquarters Building (CHB) in Hong Kong on Dec. 17, 2019. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
Jessica Mao
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Short videos on social media platforms have become a new type of drug trafficking tool in China. Drug dealers use them to deliver hidden messages to buyers, whereas ordinary people see them as regular videos.

On Sept. 13, CCTV, a Chinese state-owned media, exposed a case of a narcotic dealer using hidden messages in short videos to communicate with other dealers or users.
Jessica Mao
Jessica Mao
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Jessica Mao is a writer for The Epoch Times with a focus on China-related topics. She began writing for the Chinese-language edition in 2009.
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