Former Top Taiwan Military Intel Officer Exposes Breadth of Beijing’s Spying Activities

Former Top Taiwan Military Intel Officer Exposes Breadth of Beijing’s Spying Activities
Members of a Taiwanese military band and people wearing hats in the colors of Taiwan's national flag take part in National Day celebrations in front of Taiwan's Presidential Office in Taipei on Oct. 10, 2012. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images
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At least three separate Chinese intelligence organizations are collecting information on Taiwan’s military officers, according to a new book by a former Taiwanese military intelligence official that reveals how extensively the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has conducted espionage.
Lieutenant General Weng Yen-ching, a former deputy director of Taiwan’s Military Intelligence Bureau, says in his book, “The Chinese Communist Party’s Intelligence Organizations and Espionage Activities,” published Sept. 25, that one Chinese military department is specifically tasked to monitor phone calls, with equipment that detects keywords and immediately flags any phone conversations containing them.