About twenty years ago, Chinese intelligence services were described in reports by CSIS, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, as the most active perpetrators of economic espionage. In the mid-2000s, CSIS reports expressed concern about the People’s Republic of China’s use of Mandarin in the media to influence the diaspora. Moreover, in 2010, the reports predicted an increase in intimidation and interference. So we’ve been seeing a trend for the last twenty years or so.
What have we missed?