SummaryBonny 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 LearnIntelligence-China’s economic power and status -The current landscape of Chinese intelligence -China’s relationship with Taiwan-The ChinaPower ProjectReflections -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!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices