China has been trying to get its people to be more vigilant for foreign spies this year. AdvertisementFunny-looking dragonflies might be drones, the ministry warned. 'Good-hearted people' with cash to spareThe same month, the ministry told the tale of Little Wei, a senior university student who grew up orphaned in a poor mountainous region. Advertisement'Handsome men or beautiful women'Online dating could also be teeming with danger, the ministry warned in the same September post. Foreign spies may "even disguise themselves as 'handsome men' or 'beautiful women' and pretend to be close friends and drag young students into a false 'love' trap," it wrote.

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