[99_00]

They don't even have to pay.

Chinese citizens are forced by law to spy when asked.

https://www.canada.ca/en/security-intelligence-service/corpo...

[chrisjc]

Let's not pretend that you have to be a Chinese citizen, or even Chinese in order to spy for China. Or for any other country for that matter.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/28/politics/harvard-professor-ch...

[mensetmanusman]

It is a good bayesian prior to note that most Chinese spies are Chinese.

[jbay808]

True, although having a good bayesian prior working in your favour can also make you more effective and valuable as a spy.