Intelligence activities of the Chinese special services

It is assumed that the Chinese intelligence services operate differently from the security services of other countries, preferring to work with a large number of agents who spend relatively short time in foreign countries (students, scientists, university teachers) instead of training for a small number of high-ranking sources or double agents ^{[1] [2 ] [3]} . The main source of information about the Chinese special services is defectors whom the Chinese government accuses of anti-Chinese agitation ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} .

According to American researchers to conduct espionage in various countries, China in recent years has managed to improve its computer technology. China is suspected of cyber attacks and computer espionage in Australia , Britain , Germany , USA , France ^{[8] [9] [10]} .

In 2009, Canadian researchers stated that they had evidence that Chinese hackers had infiltrated computer networks of state structures and private organizations in 103 states, although they noted that it was not known whether they acted on the instructions of the Chinese government ^[11] . China, in turn, rejected all these statements. It is also believed that Chinese intelligence services on the Internet monitor the Dalai Lama and Tibetans living outside of China ^[12] .

Ira Winkler, a former NSA employee and security consultant, argued that Chinese intelligence agencies are inclining ethnic Chinese to cooperate recalling "great China, which they must help" ^[13] .

Chinese intelligence activities are believed to consist of commercial and industrial espionage and the collection of secret military information, as well as the collection of information about the illegal movement of Falun Gong in China ^{[14] [15] [16] [17]} .

Two Chinese diplomats who fled to Australia claim that in Australia alone, China has more than 1,000 agents and informants. According to them, the main task of these agents is industrial espionage , as well as opposition to the Falun Gong movement.

There are a large number of Chinese spies in jail in Taiwan .

Scientist Wen Ho Lee, a native of Taiwan, who worked in the United States, was charged with espionage in 1999, but subsequently all charges were dropped from him, with the exception of negligent handling of secret information.