Conspiracy in the Teahouse: A Political Security Framing Plan I Witnessed

Let me tell a true story, a 'ripe melon,' that can help people better understand the specificity of the Political Security police and the essence of the Party-state.

This matter revolved around a conspiracy. The planners of the conspiracy were the Chongqing Political Security General Team, and the target was a somewhat well-known dissident in Chongqing. Many people outside the Great Firewall have heard of him, he has appeared in overseas media, and he is now on X.

I once owned a shop, and he organized various dissidents, large and small, to come and support me. I treated everyone to a good meal; some who were there might still remember.

The authorities found this person very annoying and noisy, so they wanted to send him to prison. However, they didn't want to give him 'points' by using political charges, and since the target was keeping a low profile at the time and had no handles, there were no ready-made other charges to use. Consequently, they began to plot a frame-up, refining the details in a teahouse. Those familiar with the public security system probably know that many shady matters are planned not in offices, but in places like teahouses.

As for how to frame him, it felt like a movie plot, yet it was closer to the real world than a movie. It was actually a legendary old trope that many have heard of: using drugs to plant a charge.

But it wasn't the foolish operation of placing drugs in someone's home, car, or somewhere else, which is prone to problems. Instead, it was a more pragmatic and more insidious method:

Lure the target person to travel abroad, and find an opportunity to place drugs in their luggage—if detected by foreign customs or other law enforcement agencies, that would be best; they could then be dealt with upon returning to China, and the authorities' hands would be clean. If not detected abroad, the Chinese customs would cast their net upon his return.

As for the travel destination, it was Nepal. This country is also deeply penetrated by China; to target someone there, the Chinese authorities have a say and can intervene.

When I heard about this plan back then, and when the plan was intended to be handled through me, I was directly shocked. I didn't expect movie plots to actually appear in reality, let alone be plotted by such a high-level law enforcement agency. It truly refreshed my cognition and gave me another intuitive experience of the fascist essence of the Party-state.

In response, I did two things simultaneously. One was to contact the party involved to discuss the trip abroad and call his wife, which served as a record to prove I was moving forward with it. The other was to analyze the pros and cons of the plan in a report and advocate for its cancellation.

My report analyses are usually very rigorous, making them hard for superiors to ignore. Finally, at the critical moment when the target had agreed and my Nepal visa had been issued, my report finally worked, and the plan was cancelled.

The biggest difference between China's Political Security and National Security is that National Security is, after all, still a conventional intelligence department, bearing the traditional functions of espionage and counter-espionage. But Political Security is entirely centered on political suppression; it is the same as the Gestapo, a true secret political police force.

To understand China and the CCP, looking at it solely from the perspective of technology, economy, and trendy topics on the internet is far from enough, and even less so by glancing at the bright lights of the streets. You must delve into its darkest areas to understand and study those conspiracies that ordinary people rarely see, and the people and departments that design evidence of crimes for you.

The ferocity hidden there is the most authentic face of this regime.