The CIA’s latest YouTube video provides instructions on how to contact the agency through the encrypted Tor browser.
Posted on February 13, 2026
The CIA has released a new Chinese-language recruitment video on its YouTube channel encouraging Chinese service members to spy for the United States.
The video, released on Thursday, is the latest addition to a YouTube series targeting Chinese and Russian citizens and contains information on how to safely contact U.S. spy agencies using the encrypted Tor browser.
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The videos often focus on a fictional character who became suspicious of the government before deciding to spy for Washington.
The CIA’s latest video, which is less than two minutes long, focuses on a Chinese military officer who, while carrying out his job duties, expresses his growing wariness to China’s leaders, who in the video are said to be “only protecting their own selfish interests.”
The video then cuts to the officer at home with his wife and daughter, noting that he can’t “let these maniacs shape my daughter’s future world.”
Alluding to the text of “The Art of War” written by the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu, The commentator points out that while the biggest winner is “victory without a fight,” China’s leadership is eager to “send us into the battlefield.”
In the final scene, the video cuts to the protagonist removing a bag from a work safe and driving through a military checkpoint toward an abandoned parking lot. Sitting alone, he logged onto his computer to contact the CIA, which he said was “a way to fight for my family and my country.”
The video ends with a dramatic flourish: “The fate of the world is in your hands” – before sharing instructions on how to download the Tor browser to contact the CIA.
Text below the YouTube video asks users: “Do you have information about China’s senior leaders? Are you a military officer or have dealings with the military? Do you work in or interact with people working in intelligence, diplomacy, economics, science or advanced technology?”
Beijing had no immediate comment on the CIA video, but China’s Foreign Ministry described previous U.S. intelligence recruitment campaigns as malicious “smearing and attacks” against China that deceived and lured Chinese personnel into “surrendering.”
According to a 2018 investigation by Foreign Policy magazine, CIA networks in China were dismantled by Beijing between 2010 and 2012, resulting in the death or imprisonment of at least 30 people.
The collapse of the U.S. spy network was partly related to poor communications systems.






