China is mining social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, to harvest data on Western targets for its military, police and government agencies, Your Content has learned . China is mining social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, to harvest data on foreign targets to be used by its military, police and other agencies. Bidding documents and contracts reviewed by the Washington Post revealed costly purchases of sophisticated data surveillance systems. The new software will allow the Chinese state to ‘better understand the underground network of anti-China personnel’ The nation’s leaders are also forming a network of warning systems that…