It was a story that inspired books, plays and movies: a member of the French diplomatic corp in China became ensnared in a honey trap by no other than a male opera singer cross-dressing as a woman who convinced the French diplomat he was actually a woman disguised as a man. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss how this unusual love affair was taken advantage of by secret agents working for the CCP, how the Ministry of State Security (China’s spy agency) is being used to control the narrative on C
