How China uses LinkedIn to steal state secrets

The Times has uncovered that spies are creating fake business profiles on the professional networking site so that they can identify targets and obtain classified information. Under fake profiles, agents offer money and lucrative business opportunities in exchange for sensitive information. What does this tell us about how China operates?

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Guests: 

-Fiona Hamilton, Crime and security editor at The Times.

-Isabel Hilton OBE, Broadcast journalist and long term China watcher.

-Philip Ingram, Former senior British intelligence officer.

Host: Manveen Rana.

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