As part of its campaign this month to raise awareness about “national security,” China’s Ministry of State Security has produced a poster warning Chinese about the supposed intelligence risks that come with getting romantically involved with foreigners.
The poster is drawn in a manga-like comic style, but the themes seem like something from the Cold War. In 16 panels, it depicts a scenario in which a young female Chinese civil servant begins dating a Caucasian foreign spy posing as a visiting scholar. The woman, nicknamed “Xiao Li” or “little Li,” inadvertently aids the spy’s intelligence work by providing him with sensitive documents.
A photo of the poster CNN via Chinese Ministry of State Security
