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Summary
Bonny Lin (Biography) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss the current state of China and intelligence. Bonny is the Director of the ChinaPower Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
What You’ll Learn
Intelligence
-China’s economic power and status
-The current landscape of Chinese intelligence
-China’s relationship with Taiwan
-The ChinaPower Project
Reflections
-Power and prominence
-The global community as a complicated ecosystem
And much, much more …
Quotes of the Week
“In the last couple of years, we've seen really a securitization of how China views intelligence and national security in general. And just this July, we saw China pass a revised counter espionage law. So with the whole host of laws of China's past since 2014 … it basically has made collection of intelligence and protecting Chinese national security the responsibility of every Chinese citizen.” - Bonny Lin.
Resources
SURFACE SKIM
*SpyCasts*
-The Eye of Horus: Egyptian Intelligence with Dina Rezk (2023)
-China’s Corporate Spy War with CNBC’s Eamon Javers (2023)
-The Counterintelligence Chief with FBI Assistant Director Alan Kohler (2023)
-Trafficking Data: The Digital Struggle with China with Aynne Kokas (2022)
*Beginner Resources*
-China-Taiwan crisis explained: What is behind the tensions?, ITV News, YouTube (2022) [3 min. video]
-8 things you need to know about China’s economy, World Economic Forum (2016) [Short article]
-Xi Jinping, Forbes (n.d) [Brief profile]
DEEPER DIVE
Books
-Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World, A. Joske (Hardie Grant, 2022)
-The Chinese Invasion Threat: Taiwan’s Defense and American Strategy in Asia, I. Easton (Eastbridge Books, 2019)
-The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower, M. Pillsbury (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2016)
Primary Sources
-National Intelligence Estimate – China-Taiwan: Prospects or Cross-Strait Relations (1999)
-Forecasting the Sino-Vietnamese Split (1986)
-China-Vietnam: A Status Report (1983)
-Establishment of a China Task Force (1966)
-Communist Chinese Intervention in the Vietnam War (1966)
-Controls on Trade with Communist China (1955)
*Wildcard Resource*
-Need a good cookie recipe for the holidays? Try this recipe adapted from the 1300-year old cookies found during the 1915 excavation of the Astana Cemetery in Xinjiang, China.
-The petrified cookies are currently part of the collection of the British Museum, and still look quite tasty!
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