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China's Spies

ChinaTalk

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The History of State Security in China

The Ministry of State Security was set up in the 1980s. It's called state security in English, but Chinese like to call it their Ministry of National Security. The MSS focuses on protecting the Communist Party against internal enemies and enemies that come from outside. China has always been an extremely hard target for foreign espionage because of its social organization.

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