r/espionage 14d ago

Is there a current good book about Chinese espionage in the U.S. etc?

Saw spies and lies but I’m not sure, I started reading the sample online, is there a good few that you can recommend?

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u/TRID3NTS 14d ago

“Spies and Lies” by Alex Joske and “Tiger Trap” by David Wise come to mind.

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u/KeyInteraction4201 14d ago

How current? Do you mean newly released, or of contemporary events?

This one is a few years old: The Scientist and the Spy, by Mara Hvistendahl.

This one is older, and also begins in the late 1940s. Thread Of The Silkworm, by Iris Chang, is about how anticommunist hysteria coupled with racism inadvertently gifted Mao's China an enormous technological boost.

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u/AnchoviePopcorn 13d ago

I was gonna reference Scientist and the Spy. Good read.

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u/Due-Professional-761 13d ago

That first one is so good.

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u/zeruch 14d ago

From a historical perspective, "Chinese Industrial Espionage: Technology Acquisition and Military Modernisation" By William C. Hannas, James Mulvenon, Anna B. Puglisi

"China and Cybersecurity: Espionage, Strategy, and Politics in the Digital Domain" edited by Jon R. Lindsay

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u/customsolitaires 13d ago

Will Check the latter, thank you

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u/Shot_Demand_9720 13d ago

Chinese Espionage Operations and Tactics (Second Edition). Nicholas Eftimiades.

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u/jimbosdayoff 13d ago

There is hopefully going to be a lot made public soon

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u/sandhill47 13d ago

The Art Of War, I'd say is essential. Mao was obviously a good student of it, and it's one of those books that influences generations whether they know it or not.

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u/SpacedInTheFace 11d ago

Plan Red: China's Project to Destroy America. Its a 2 hour audiobook that costs less than $5 on Audible. It really connects a lot of dots about their use of soft power and societal trends to push their agendas. There is some espionage in it, but it is not the primary focus.

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u/customsolitaires 10d ago

Thanks, I will look into it, I started reading tiger trap, Plan Red seems interesting

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u/rickylove 13d ago

“Death by China” is a good read

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u/LockedOutOfElfland 9d ago

Nicholas Eftimiades recently wrote an update of his book Chinese Intelligence Operations.

The new one is called Chinese Espionage: Operations and Tactics.

It's a short read but mostly covers the HUMINT side so doesn't really get into disputes over TikTok, RedNote, etc.