This professed emphasis on covert operations-unfettered, to Western eyes, by any ethical constraints-is distinctly Chinese, with deep historical roots. Yet when his Western counterpart Socrates advocates wile and guile in the name of national security, we are not sure how to respond. Hinton, Ph.D., George Washington University who inspired me to be a sinologist.Ĭonfucius, the moralist and teacher of unsurpassed influence in China for millennia, said, Confronting a foreign invasion, one should resort to deception, which may suffice in repelling the enemy. Eftimiades, who taught me about freedom and hard work, and Harold C. The views expressed in this study are those of the author and should not be construed as representing positions of the Department of Defense or the U.S. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ? Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eftimiades, Nicholas, Chinese intelligence operations / Nicholas Eftimiades. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law. He is also a Visiting Fellow and Adjunct Professor at Kings College, War Studies Department, London. To date, Galaxy Explorers has educated and inspired over 35,000 children. Eftimiades formed and manages the Federation of Galaxy Explorers, a non-profit organization to educate and inspire children in space science and engineering. He served as DIA's lead for national space policy and strategy development.In his off time Mr. He was also Senior Technical Officer in Defense Intelligence Agency, Future’s Division, and Chief of DIA’s Space Division. He has been a consultant for several Hollywood movies.Nick Eftimiades’ 30 year government career includes seven years at the National Security Space Office leading engineering teams designing "generation after next" national security space capabilities. Eftimiades testified before several US Congressional and Presidential Commissions concerning National Security issues, future technology development, and the future of the US space program. He has appeared on CBS Evening News with Connie Chung, Dateline NBC, ABC's Day One, BBC America, National Public Radio, and dozens of other television and radio broadcasts. And of course jelly donuts find their way into the story.Nick is a frequent lecturer and public speaker on future technology and societal changes, and national security issues. Everything is fair game as Edward navigates befuddled governments, psychotic software, greedy corporations, overly attentive robots, and women. The story takes place 200 years in the future where Edward Temple, an ordinary person, is caught up in an zany world where self-aware super-computers are as argumentative, egotistical, demanding, and emotionally needy as the humans they serve. It is a madcap adventure that spoofs modern life, from organized religion to the traffic control system. To date, it remains the only scholarly analysis of China’s intelligence services.Nick's latest work is a political and philosophical satire entitled "Edward of Planet Earth". His book "Chinese Intelligence Operations", is an examination of the structure, operations, and methodology of the intelligence services of the People's Republic of China. Eftimiades authored a book and number of scholarly articles on national security, technology, and outer space issues. His career spans several US government agencies and hundreds of thousands of miles in Africa, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.Mr. Nicholas Eftimiades in an author and lecturer and lives in London, England. Although Eftimiades cautions that the Ministry of State Security will continue to penetrate and exploit the political, academic, industrial and technological institutions of Western nations, he adds reassuringly that China's intelligence apparatus is hobbled by its own red tape and hindered by the stultifying bureaucracy of the Chinese Communist Party. (The People's Republic sends approximately 40,000 students abroad annually.) His analysis of the case of Larry Wu-Tai Chin, a longtime CIA employee who was convicted of espionage in 1986, reveals much about Chinese operations in the United States. Eftimiades describes how the Ministry of State Security-China's preeminent civilian intelligence-gathering entity-draws on the services of diplomats, commercial representatives, Chinese communities in overseas cities and students. From Publishers Weekly: Written by a Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, this is a straightforward examination of the structure, operations and methodology of the intelligence services of the People's Republic of China.
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