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Westerners banned from visiting China spy museum
A spokeswoman for a Chinese spy museum that opened earlier this month said only Chinese citizens are allowed to see the historical relics.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:06 April 30, 2009
Beijing: A spokeswoman for a Chinese spy museum that opened earlier this month said only Chinese citizens are allowed to see the historical relics.
A sign outside the Jiangsu National Security Education Museum in a park in the eastern city of Nanjing states that only Chinese citizens are allowed inside, a policy designed to keep the communist regime's methods secret/
A spokeswoman, who would only give her surname, Qian, said on Thursday that the museum aims to educate Chinese on the history of Chinese security practices and does not want westerners to be exposed to such sensitive information.
The collection includes pistols disguised as lipstick, fountain pens and tobacco pipes, and explanations of wire tapping.
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