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China's Spies

ChinaTalk

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The 10,000 Grains of Sand

Matt Welch: The 10,000 grains of sand thing is really not the right analytical frame to understand what the CSP is doing on this regard. He says a former FBI agent who was once head of analysis for China came up with an idea that could be used by all three countries if they wanted to know more about beach composition. Welch: Chinese side spies like everybody else when it comes to professional operations. Although they have some missions that are unique, such as technology acquisition.

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