The moment a Chinese spy decided to defect to Australia https://www.theage.com.au/national/the-moment-a-chinese-spy-decided-to-defect-to-australia-20191122-p53d0x.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed
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"Xiang revealed...actual name was Xiang Nianxin and that in the 1980s and early ’90s he had worked for the Chinese military controlled Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence and Defence Industries – an org... dedicated to...China’s weapons program."

"CIIL was created under the People’s Liberation Army General Staff Department to “infiltrate into Hong Kong’s financial market, as well as collecting military intelligence”, Wang says. Corporate records...newspaper archives reveal CIIL’s close connection to Norinco ..." (CITIC 2)

"“[Our operative] told us later that he sent six agents who took Lee Bo from the storeroom of Causeway Bay Books directly to mainland China,” ..."

"Wang says Xiang was in personal contact with the executive officer in Xi Jinping’s office."

"His organisation targeted students through fronts including the China Science and Technology Education Foundation, a charity recognised by the Hong Kong government. Corporate records confirm it is controlled by Xiang."

“A lot of media outlets are under [Xiang’s] control - he either holds actual or nominal shares or his company holds shares. Currently, the battlefield in Hong Kong is mainly one of public opinion.”

"“Our work on Taiwan was the most important work of ours – the infiltration into media, temples and grassroots organisations,” says Wang."

"“With the Kuomintang [the Chinese Nationalist Party] candidates we … gave them full support. Then we also made donations to the temples and organised those believers to tour mainland China and Hong Kong, and influence them with [the CCP-aligned] United Front propaganda. As a

result, we had a huge win ... and it was a glorious record,” Wang says.""

"Part of Wang’s interference would rely on what he calls “Taiwan’s black society”, or the triads."