Xi Jinping gave two cellphones to South Korea’s president, who asked how secure they were. “You can check if there’s a backdoor,” he said with a laugh.
It’s an open secret that countries spy on each other. That’s probably why world leaders almost never talk about espionage in public.
But over the weekend, it was the punchline of a joke between China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, and President Lee Jae My... [3854 chars]