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Chinese Intellectuals, the CIA, and Defector Memoirs in the 1960s
Newly declassified documents shed light on a CIA operation to extract high-level intellectuals as defectors from the People’s Republic of China. We also look at defector accounts of meetings with Mao Zedong.
Red Lines, Taiwan, and the UK Foreign Secretary Visit to Beijing
Adam Cathcart unpicks Chinese reponses to a British diplomatic delegation, and the eruption around a UK House of Commons committee’s reframing of Taiwan sovereignty.
ROK Nat’l Assembly Speaker in Turkmenistan
As the ROK pursues parliamentary diplomacy in Central Asia, Turkmenistan has taken ROK National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo’s visit to Ashgabat as a chance to up its game in Central Asia-Korea parliamentary exchanges.
North Korea, China pose rising cyber threat to South Korea: ROK Spy Agency
Mass credit card theft and DPRK Politburo shifts portend increased DPRK cyber threat to South Korea, says ROK intel.
Korea Chip 4 Alliance Member Most Vulnerable to China Tech Materials Restrictions
Viewpoint: among Chip 4 alliance members, Korea will be hardest hit by China’s gallium and germanium export restrictions.
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