rChina is mining social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, to harvest data on western targets for its military, police and government agencies.u00a0The government is purchasing newer and more sophisticated data surveillance systems to collect information on foreign entities, according to the Washington Post which reviewed bidding documents and contracts for over 300 Chinese government projects dating back to early 2020.u00a0u00a0u00a0The documents revealed a the purchase of a $320,000 Chinese state media software that mines social media to create a database of foreign journalists and academics.Officials also purchased au00a0$216,000 Beijing police intelligence program that targets Hong Kong and Taiwan and...