Chinese Economic Espionage

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

Chinese Economic Espionage and Strategic Competition: This class explores three key areas of study: the evolution of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), its ambitions, and the CCP’s approach to traditional and economic espionage. Students may enter this course with little to no familiarity of China’s policy process, history, or intelligence services, but will leave the course with familiarity of all three. As in China’s history and current policy process, this class includes a focus on espionage throughout each stage of China’s development. Students learn how spying is core to the Party’s operations, whether to maintain internal political control, expand its territory into Tibet and Xinjiang, grow its economy, or keep tabs on foreign governments.