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China's Spies

ChinaTalk

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The Importance of Professional Development in the First 30 Years

Autarkic self-reliance policies under Mao after 1949, isolated China's intelligence services. Domestic spying never needed the sophistication required in Soviet or Western blocks. However, with foreign intelligence for the CCP, they kept a leash on it. But they were limited. They did not have the reach that they have today. I think that requires a lot more study to more fully understand.

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