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On February 14 February 2018 this day of romance and LOVE that is Valentine’s Day…the implacable and irascible Travelling Gourmet TM is SHOCKED at the latest news about the red…
MENACE…Spies from prc – people’s republic of communist china are everywhere! Lierally! OMG!
Ministry of State Security [MSS]
Guojia Anquan Bu [Guoanbu]
The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the Chinese Government’s intelligence arm, responsible for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations. Aside from the MSS, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), General Staff Second and Third Departments also engage in military intelligence and counterintelligence operations. The People’s Republic of China’s intelligence infrastructure is the third largest after the United States and Russia. The organizational structure of the MSS reflects the structure of the Russian KGB/SVR/FSB. The MSS is responsible to the premier and state council, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political Science and Law Commission oversees ministry activities.
***In terms of personnel, the MSS favors non-professional intelligence agents such as travelers, businessmen, and academics with a special emphasis on the overseas Chinese students and high-tech Chinese professionals working abroad with access to sensitive technological material***
The double-edged sword of open academics
[[DFBI Wray pointed to China’s use of unconventional intelligence sources at US universities as a salient example of China’s reach.
In intelligence jargon, “collectors” are individuals who collect intelligence on behalf of agencies or governments. And he said they’ve infiltrated American universities.
“I think in this setting, I would just say that the use of non-traditional collectors – especially in the academic setting, whether it’s professors, scientists, students – we see in almost every field office that the FBI has around the country,” Wray said.
“They’re exploiting the very open research and development environment that we have which we all revere, but they’re taking advantage of it,” DFBI Wray added, noting that there is a “naivete” amid academics about the risks posed by foreign nationals at universities.]]
In respect to domestic intelligence activities, the MSS is responsible for the surveillance and recruitment of businessmen, researchers and officials visiting from abroad. While the MSS has only visibly subjected dissidents and foreign journalists to surveillance measures, an intricate network of more clandestine surveillance is conducted by state ministries, academic institutions and the military-industrial complex. Surveillance equipment, both video equipment and wiretaps, are often hidden in hotels frequented by foreigners. Surveillance activities range from conversations with visiting scholars, to obtaining information in a certain field, to active recruitment of agents.
Ministry of State Security [MSS]
Guojia Anquan Bu [Guoanbu]
The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the Chinese Government’s intelligence arm, responsible for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations. Aside from the MSS, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), General Staff Second and Third Departments also engage in military intelligence and counterintelligence operations. The People’s Republic of China’s intelligence infrastructure is the third largest after the United States and Russia. The organizational structure of the MSS reflects the structure of the Russian KGB. The MSS is responsible to the premier and state council, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political Science and Law Commission oversees ministry activities. In terms of personnel, the MSS favors non-professional intelligence agents such as travelers, businessmen, and academics with a special emphasis on the overseas Chinese students and high-tech Chinese professionals working abroad with access to sensitive technological material.
In respect to domestic intelligence activities, the MSS is responsible for the surveillance and recruitment of businessmen, researchers and officials visiting from abroad. While the MSS has only visibly subjected dissidents and foreign journalists to surveillance measures, an intricate network of more clandestine surveillance is conducted by state ministries, academic institutions and the military-industrial complex. Surveillance equipment, both video equipment and wiretaps, are often hidden in hotels frequented by foreigners. Surveillance activities range from conversations with visiting scholars, to obtaining information in a certain field, to active recruitment of agents.
The Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the Chinese Government’s intelligence arm, responsible for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations. Aside from the MSS, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), General Staff Second and Third Departments also engage in military intelligence and counterintelligence operations. The People’s Republic of China’s intelligence infrastructure is the third largest after the United States and Russia. The organizational structure of the MSS reflects the structure of the Russian KGB. The MSS is responsible to the premier and state council, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Political Science and Law Commission oversees ministry activities. In terms of personnel, the MSS favors non-professional intelligence agents such as travelers, businessmen, and academics with a special emphasis on the overseas Chinese students and high-tech Chinese professionals working abroad with access to sensitive technological material.
In respect to domestic intelligence activities, the MSS is responsible for the surveillance and recruitment of businessmen, researchers and officials visiting from abroad. While the MSS has only visibly subjected dissidents and foreign journalists to surveillance measures, an intricate network of more clandestine surveillance is conducted by state ministries, academic institutions and the military-industrial complex. Surveillance equipment, both video equipment and wiretaps, are often hidden in hotels frequented by foreigners. Surveillance activities range from conversations with visiting scholars, to obtaining information in a certain field, to active recruitment of agents.
From high level very relaible sources…
EVERY prc/china citizen has to go to the mss office BEFORE being given permission to travel overseas on the explicit and implicit undertaking that when called upon they have to do their patriotic duty…failing which you can imagine what will happen to their relatives and nearest & dearest back in prc…for sure they will not be plied with caviar and champagne…not even on Valentine’s Day…capisch
The Travelling Gourmet 