From: The China Business Review, Vol 21 No 6, November-December 1994. p55

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Book Review

Chinese Intelligence Operations.

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by Nicholas Eftimiades. Annapolis, MD:Naval Institute Press, 1994. 167 pp.
$29.95 hardcover.
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CHINESE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS, a matter-of-fact overview of spy agencies
within the Chinese government, is a far cry from a Le Carre or Clancy spy
novel. Eftimiades, a former Defense Intelligence Agency specialist in East
Asian affairs, exposes in detail China's domestic and international
intelligence operations and explores intelligence relationships among
China's Ministry of State Security, Ministry of Public Security; Communist
Party Politburo; General Political Department of the People's Liberation
Army; and Commission for Science, Technology, and Industry for National
Defense.

While the book is designed more for academics and defense analysts, it is a
good read for businesspeople involved in high-tech or classified projects. a
general familiarity with China's intelligence-gathering operations will help
executives minimize the risk of exposure to China's spying activities.

Also of interest to foreign businesspeople is a description of fronts for
Chinese spies operating in the United States. those under cover are called
CHEN DIYU, or "deep sinking fish." They adapt themselves to the American way
of life and may be activated by the Ministry of State Security at a moment's
notice. These "deep fish" are told to live unobstrusively, to integrate
themselves into high-tech positions at large US companies, and to report
back proprietary information to their recruiting officers.

Despite its controversial and alluring topic, this book reads much like an
organizational chart. It is superb as an analytical piece but dry as James
Bond's vodka martini; in its current form, the book is difficult to digest
in one sittying, and could definitely benefit from the inclusion of more
anecdotes.

A CBS news story following the publication of CHINESE INTELLIGENCE
OPERATIONS touched off a series of protests among the Chinese student
community in the United States. The students claimed the book jeopardizes
their chances of finding high-tech jobs in the United States. A closer
reading of the book, however, reveals that such protests are off the mark.
The whole point of Eftimiades' work is to compare China's intelligence
networks with those of the United States, which the author believes focus
too much attention on the former Soviet Union and Middle East and neglect
China.

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Reviewed by Dan Martin, a business advisory associate at the US-CHINA
Business Council.