Former U.S. President Donald Trump greenlit a covert campaign by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to sway public opinion in China against Xi Jinping’s government. What Happened: The CIA, under Trump’s authorization, initiated a covert operation on Chinese social media platforms to disseminate negative narratives about the Chinese government, Reuters reported citing former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation. The operation, which began in 2019, aimed to create distrust among China’s top leadership and force the government to allocate resources to counter…
