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

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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