Author(s): Mihaela BERBEC
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2018
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Issue/ Volume: 19-20/2018
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Abstract
For practitioners and scholars of intelligence alike, referring to the Chinese
intelligence system remains a defying task. Until recently, most studies dedicated to
China’s intelligence research approached the subject from its institutional viewpoint,
with a focus on the structure and function of Chinese intelligence services and the
immediate relation with the political apparatus (Greenberg, 2007; Mattis, 2012; Inkster,
2013). Relevant for prediction purposes, as well as for the epistemology of the domain,
the state of information science research in China should offer clues about the dynamics
between politics, science, and the networked framework which facilitates information
sharing for national advance and security goals. Along these lines, the development of a
paradigm cantered on native intelligence perspectives will readily be possible. Thus, I
argue that the Chinese intelligence system remains, with the exception of its secretive
apparatus, institutionally and conceptually undefined. However, there are clues in
acknowledging experimentation policies from the central government (Bell, 2016)
aimed at knitting a native intelligence system, starting with the political support for
research concerning metaknowledge.
Keywords: Chinese intelligence system, Chinese political system, information
science, intelligence, metaknowledge.
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