by madeirasecurity | Mar 26, 2018 | Blogs
As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) pursues a domestic anti-spy campaign and new espionage laws, PRC national security concerns and greater suspicion of foreigners may trump foreign business complaints about unfavorable treatment, rising trade barriers, and feeling...
by madeirasecurity | Dec 9, 2017 | Blogs
The detailed implementing regulations for the Counterespionage Law were issued in Chinese on 6 December. Below is a rush translation which I will update ASAP with any corrections that seem necessary. Foreigners visiting and living in China and foreign companies doing...
by madeirasecurity | Nov 13, 2017 | Blogs
Big news in Australia, not yet noticed here in the States: This interview on Australian ABC Radio and others tell of the stalled release of a book by Professor Clive Hamilton about Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in Australia. The Sydney publisher Allen...
by madeirasecurity | Nov 8, 2017 | Blogs
A new cartoon in Chinese urges young students in the PRC to be aware of foreign attempts to gather intelligence from ordinary Chinese people – via email entrapment. In the story, a student tells his classroom about dad’s mistake in promising photos of his...
by madeirasecurity | Nov 7, 2017 | Blogs
A worthwhile, seven-minute NPR interview here by Steve Inskeep with Randal Phillips, former CIA Station Chief, American Embassy Beijing, now of the American Chamber of Commerce...
by madeirasecurity | Oct 28, 2017 | Blogs
Companies and individuals using the Web in China should carefully read the Caixin article from 25 January, “Beijing Says Multinationals Need Not Fear VPN Crackdown.” Just in case it is dropped later, some key points, albeit not the entire article, are extracted...
by madeirasecurity | Oct 28, 2017 | Blogs
Battery operated listening device mounted inside a One Yuan coin, made in Shenzhen, China with accessories imported from Taiwan. For sale in China, via the internet, for CNY 1400 (USD 215.) Photo credit: pc68.com In a case from several years ago, a security executive...
by madeirasecurity | Oct 28, 2017 | Blogs
The honey trap—using a sexually attractive person to snare a target—features prominently in popular literature, from James Bond books and movies to the novels of Adam Brookes, Alan Furst and David Cornwell (John le Carré), the current television series The Americans,...
by madeirasecurity | Oct 24, 2017 | Blogs
A draft entry from the Handbook on Chinese Intelligence Operations, by Peter Mattis and Matt Brazil, to be published by the Naval Institute Press in 2018. Above: John Tsang (Zeng Zhaoke) attending Chinese National Day celebrations in Beijing, 1 October1962. In the...
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