Israel Star Chronicle

ONLINE REPORTS — Sources posted an item recntly on a former Canadian diplomat who recently told a security conference about the Chinese government’s use of “sexpionage” — often in hotels - to recruit new informants.

Beijing, says former diplomat Brian McAdam, recruits many of its “assets” by catching them in the act in carefully planned liaisons.

Although so-called honeypot schemes were a staple of spying by many countries, especially in the Cold War era, it is rather unusual to hear a diplomat discuss it so openly.

McAdam told the audience that “virtually all” hotels in China are rigged with hidden microphones and video cameras, although he did not elaborate or say whether guest rooms at any U.S.-brand hotels may be rigged.