Comments on: China Bans Foreigners From New Spy Museum

By: ja

ja — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:11:19 +0000

It’s nothing of a spy museum just a place intend to give the folks national safety education. All the spy nonsense comes from the bad interpretation from the spokeswoman, I suppose she just can’t remember confidential or other proper words to say that moment on the phone. You can’t expect getting through every gate that involves somehow military or governmental. Don’t blame it on nationalist, just the world’s general rules today.

By: CoNuNdRuM

CoNuNdRuM — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 08:07:06 +0000

Pauls spot on, I think it’s brilliant! when the ira open there museum I’d love to see if they’d have the neck to put a sign like that out.

I wonder will this mean a huge wave of people signing up to be a chinese spy

By: flapjack

flapjack — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:16:01 +0000

Perhaps we could send in an agent of asian extraction to spy on the spy museum and tell us if it was any good… either that or use the tried and tested jedi mindtrick to get past security.
I seem to recall a certain poison-pellet-tipped umbrella used on a Bulgarian dissident landing up in Scotland Yard’s infamous “Black museum”. It’s a real crowd puller, the Chinese have definately missed a trick here.
Beware of Bulgarian agents and their wet weather accessories!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2636459.stm

By: JayKay

JayKay — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:29:21 +0000

Hmmm. Like Derren and his ‘Keep Out of This Casino’ scenario. You just send a wee friend in to run off with the goods.

By: Ms G

Ms G — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:49:55 +0000

I’m sure all information about that museum already went into the world. Pretty weird way of thinking they still have there.

By: Siobhán

Siobhán — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:30:53 +0000

See now, I would have had very little interest in this but because I wouldn’t be allowed in all I want to do is go there… hmmm…

By: choi1

choi1 — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:55:44 +0000

I’m quite happy with being Chinese but sometimes the Chinese can be a RIGHT bunch of donkeys! Paranoid and stupid… Like zizi who left that message. No one is gonna steal out of date techniques from another country. Get a grip.

By: Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:03:56 +0000

Think about it: it’s nationalist propaganda.

It’s not a message to foreigners, per se. Think about if MI6 had a museum and had a similar sign outside: how would you feel as a British citizen?

It’s *really* an indirect message to Chinese visitors. Something like: “By virtue of birth you have a patriotic loyalty we trust. You have the freedom to see all that is within, because you are one of us. You are equal to all within the Chinese republic, even our spies, because you can be trusted, and you can be trusted because you are Chinese. Foreigners and their ways are not like us.”

It’s a powerful piece of indirect persuasion, able to enforce loyalty to the party and government. Subtle, but clever.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:43:20 +0000

Oh for goodness’ sake – I’m sure plenty of Chinese citizens have dual nationaility, and will easily put half of the contents on the internet anyway…

By: Ric

Ric — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:55:18 +0000

ITS A TEST! to get in, we have to become the spy and sneak past them!