Hello all, from a newbie.
I haven't been inside a kingdom hall since 1999, so I'm not up to speed with "organizational" stuff. I still get curious, though, since my mom and sister are still active witnesses (but don't communicate with me). The other day, an old friend from my former congregation (she's the wife in the only family who will still talk with me, even though I was never DF'd) came by the house, I assume while making a return visit. We chatted a bit; I updated her about my plans to teach English in Taiwan in the next few months, whereby she mentioned that the WTS has been training JW's as English teachers and sending them to China, ostensibly to teach, but in reality trying to make JW in-roads through informal preaching. We couldn't talk long, so I didn't get more details.
I was wondering if anyone else had heard about this. I'm sure it's not something that's published, and I didn't see anything online when I did a cursory search. Perhaps it's just a fanciful tale from a visiting CO?
It's weird:I know that when I was active, I would have been giddy with the thought that "Jehovah's Organization" would be getting one over on the Chinese gov't., but now the thought of the WTS's duplicity makes me feel sick.