Chinese Agents. The Intelligence of the Celestial Empire from Mao to Xi

In the 1920s, in Shanghai, Mao Zedong's associate Zhou Enlai established the first communist espionage network operating against the nationalists, western powers, and the Japanese. Chinese intelligence was global from the very beginning. This book is based on previously unpublished documents and the author's personal conversations with dozens of sources in intelligence services around the world. It is a detailed and sensational story of Chinese intelligence over 100 years. The author shows that Chinese spies have been and are everywhere: among scholars, journalists, diplomats