Description
In 1920s Shanghai, Zhou Enlai founded the first Chinese communist spy network, operating in the shadows against nationalists, Western powers and the Japanese. The story of Chinese spies has been a global one from the start.
Unearthing previously unseen papers and interviewing countless insiders, Roger Faligot's astonishing account reveals nothing less than a century of world events shaped by Chinese spies. Working as scientists, journalists, diplomats, foreign students and businessmen, they've been everywhere, from Stalin's purges to 9/11 to Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan. This murky world has swept up Ho Chi Minh, the Clintons and everyone in between, with the action moving from Cambodia to Cambridge, and from the Australian outback to the centres of Western power.
This fascinating narrative exposes the sprawling tentacles of the world's largest intelligence service, from the very birth of communist China to Xi Jinping's absolute rule today.
Author: Roger Faligot
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 06/15/2022
Pages: 568
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.55w x 1.46d
ISBN13: 9781787386044
ISBN10: 178738604X
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage
- Political Science | Security (National & International)
- History | Asia | China
Unearthing previously unseen papers and interviewing countless insiders, Roger Faligot's astonishing account reveals nothing less than a century of world events shaped by Chinese spies. Working as scientists, journalists, diplomats, foreign students and businessmen, they've been everywhere, from Stalin's purges to 9/11 to Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan. This murky world has swept up Ho Chi Minh, the Clintons and everyone in between, with the action moving from Cambodia to Cambridge, and from the Australian outback to the centres of Western power.
This fascinating narrative exposes the sprawling tentacles of the world's largest intelligence service, from the very birth of communist China to Xi Jinping's absolute rule today.
Author: Roger Faligot
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 06/15/2022
Pages: 568
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.55w x 1.46d
ISBN13: 9781787386044
ISBN10: 178738604X
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage
- Political Science | Security (National & International)
- History | Asia | China
About the Author
Roger Faligot is an investigative journalist and author of many books on European and Asian intelligence, including The Chinese Mafia in Europe and La Piscine, the first history of France's secret service. He was a correspondent for The European (1992-9) and Far East correspondent for Intelligence
Online (1993-2018).