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Chinese citizens can now get rewards of more than $15,000 for tip-offs on national security breaches. While China has offered rewards for those who report foreign spies or security threats in the past, this development would standardize the reward process.
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“The formulation of the measures is conducive to fully mobilizing the enthusiasm of the general public to support and assist in national security work, widely rallying the hearts, morale, wisdom, and strength of the people,” a Ministry of State Security spokesperson told state media outlet Legal Daily, according to Reuters.
Citizens can get either “spiritual rewards” in the form of certificates or “material rewards” in payments between 10,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan, based on the value of the tip-off. The information would be verified before the reward was determined. These reports can be provided through a hotline, a website, or in person.
The spokesperson did not elaborate on the function of the certificates beyond being a reward.
The new rewards arise as the Chinese government has grown more resistant to external inputs. For example, there has been increasing pressure regarding events remembering Tiananmen Square. Several memorials to the 1989 killings have had to relocate to Taiwan because the Chinese government banned memorial events in Hong Kong.
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China has also grown defensive regarding the United States’s efforts to defend Taiwan. Matters involving China and Taiwan are a “purely internal affair for China,” according to Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. “On issues touching on China’s core interests of the sovereignty and territorial integrity, China has no room for compromise or concession.”
