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“Making Sense of China, Taiwan, & America” – Pacific Intelligence with Bonny Lin


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Summary

Bonny Lin (Biography) joins Andrew (TwitterLinkedIn) 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 LearnIntelligence

-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 DIVEBooks

-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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