The New York Post reported that the Russian Federal Security Service approved a counterespionage plan targeting China, and Russian netizens commented hotly on it. The New York Times reported that a secret document from the Russian Federal Security Service confirmed that despite the continuous development of relations between Russia and China, the Russian counterespionage department still has deep concerns about China. Russian President Putin publicly stated that the increasingly developing friendship between Russia and China is unbreakable, and the two countries' strategic military and economic partnership has entered a golden age. However, in the corridors of the Lubyanka headquarters of the Russian Security Service, an unknown intelligence department refers to Chinese people as "enemies." This department warned that China poses a serious threat to Russia's security, and Beijing is increasingly attempting to recruit Russian spies and obtain Russia's confidential military technology, sometimes even recruiting discontented Russian scientists. The eight-page internal document of the Russian Federal Security Service obtained by The New York Times outlined these threats, pointing out the priorities for combating Chinese espionage activities. The document did not specify a date, indicating that it was a draft, but the context suggests it was written at the end of 2023 or early 2024. The document was acquired by the cybercrime organization "Ares Leaks," but the method of acquisition was not disclosed. The New York Times shared this report with six Western intelligence agencies, all of which acknowledged its authenticity. The document provides the most detailed Russian counterintelligence agency's plan against China so far. Russia's documents described the covert "intense and dynamically developing" intelligence struggle between two ostensibly friendly nations. The document showed that three days before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian Federal Security Service approved a counterespionage plan called "Antanta-4," aiming to prevent Chinese spies from undermining Russian interests. Antanta can be understood as "Allied Powers," referring historically to the military-political alliance composed of the Russian Empire, the British Empire, and France, where "Allied Powers" were alliances opposing the Axis Powers. The Russian Federal Security Service used this term to imply that although Russia and China are allied, they are actually in a state of mutual strategic deterrence. According to The New York Times, the Russian Federal Security Service approved this plan three days before the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, showing that while facing external war pressure, Russia still remained vigilant. Since then, as the document stated, the Russian Federal Security Service recorded the activities of China's intelligence agencies. China increased its efforts to recruit Russian officials, experts, journalists, and businessmen close to Moscow. To counter this situation, the Russian Federal Security Service instructed its employees to intercept this "threat" and "prevent the transmission of important strategic information to the Chinese." Russian counterespionage personnel were ordered to communicate face-to-face with Russian citizens closely cooperating with China and warn them that Beijing is attempting to exploit Russia and acquire advanced scientific and technological knowledge. Additionally, the Russian Federal Security Service issued orders to "continuously collect user information from China's instant messaging tool WeChat." According to the document, this includes invading the mobile phones of spy targets and using special software owned by the Russian Federal Security Service to analyze data. Documents from the Russian Federal Security Service confirm this understanding: as long as the right methods are employed, Russia can distance itself from China. The document describes the distrust and suspicion between the two sides. However, interpreted from another perspective, this document indicates the opposite. Putin seems very aware of the risks of building closer ties with China and decided to continue advancing this fact, perhaps suggesting that the U.S. has little chance of forcing Russia to change course. Russian netizens commented on this report as follows: "They want to estrange Russia and China because they fear our alliance more than NATO." "Does anyone really think the Chinese are naive enough to work according to the American scenario?" "Who do they think they're fooling by writing such reports? These Americans love to sow discord and eliminate competitors one by one." "As long as China and Russia continue to cooperate, any external provocations will fail." "The Chinese have long demarcated their historical territories in the north. Erdogan is searching for ancient Turkic peoples in the Far East." "The West has been trying to undermine any alternative alliances for many years—this is their standard tactic." Original article: https://www.toutiao.com/article/1834282115364875/ Disclaimer: The article represents only the views of the author.