[Satire] Chinese Espionage: Europe Happily Finances Its Own Sabotage

Charlie Hebdo

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Forget the ancient espionage, its moles and its hidden microphones. To put the West on the alert, the Chinese Communist Party has found much less tiring than the classical infiltration: it quietly slides its dormant modems into the state-of-the-art electronics that our own administrations order from it by whole containers. The very sharp army of our neighbours from overseas has just financed the brilliant demonstration. In March 2026, the Britis…