Atomic Signatures and the Measure of Chinese Intent
British intelligence bypassed diplomatic rhetoric to track the reality of Chinese nuclear ambitions through the technical signatures of their scientific programs.
By Eleanor Voss ·
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Beijing's Nuclear Dawn and the Australian Sensor
Hidden within a labyrinth of scientific registries, the UK's tracking of China's atomic progress relied on a silent partnership with Australia to monitor the wind.
By Eleanor Voss ·
The Red Cross and the 1940s OSS Cover in China
Kept secret for decades, the US record groups humanitarian aid with espionage, exposing how the Red Cross served as a cloak for covert operations in China.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Beijing’s Atomic Shadow and the Western Blind Spot
Western intelligence spent years tracking the ripples of Soviet science and Kazakh irrigation to guess the true strength of China's nuclear reach.
By Roy Castellano ·
1998's Confidential Map of China's Provincial Defiance
Kept confidential for decades, a 1998 State Department profile exposes how Washington tracked the friction between Beijing's central authority and the local officials fueling emissions growth.
By Marcus Boone ·
Todd Stern, Enron and the $100 Million Gambit in Beijing
American energy interests and environmental agencies worked in tandem to pry open Chinese markets under the guise of climate diplomacy, a coordination kept from public view in 1999.
By Desmond Okafor ·
Record Floods in Heilongjiang and the US Senate's Kyoto Blockade
For over 25 years, the State Department kept secret how it viewed China's internal instability and climate disasters as tactical variables in a high-stakes diplomatic stalemate.
By June Hargrove ·
Four Beijing Staffers and the SDPC's Climate Blockade
A 1999 cable kept from public view for decades exposes how a skeleton crew in Beijing stalled American technical teams to protect industrial growth
By Constance Bell ·
Yin Yubiao and the 1998 Blockade of American Climate Experts
The U.S. tried to cut through the red tape in Beijing to reach technical experts, but a single director-general ensured the diplomats kept the scientists in the dark.
By Marcus Boone ·
Three Dead in Belgrade and Al Gore's Climate Gambit
After a B-2 bomber killed three journalists in Belgrade, the U.S. used environmental science to bypass a diplomatic freeze that lasted years.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Canton's Black Radion Report and the OSS Scripts for Submission
Scripts designed to bend the will of audiences in China and Japan remained tucked away in sample files, masking the true reach of the agency's psychological warfare.
By Constance Bell ·
Yu 8nihua and the Air Force's "Seventh Sense"
Six children were subjected to military tests to see if they could read through lead and plastic, a project the CIA tracked as a news clipping for decades before its release in 2000.
By Eleanor Voss ·
Soviet Wake Detection and the Silence of the Ministry of Defence
The West tracked neutral air forces in quarterly reports, but the existential threats from Moscow and Beijing were guarded in a separate, high-velocity silence kept secret for decades.
By Miriam Adler ·
Three Dead Reporters and the CIA's "Factual Account" for Beijing
Three Chinese journalists died when NATO bombs hit their embassy in Belgrade; a 1999 cable shows the precise diplomatic math used to keep Beijing from breaking with Washington.
By Desmond Okafor ·
William Perry and the 1999 Attempt to Trade Sovereignty for Nukes
A 1999 cable kept secret for decades describes a high-stakes gamble to neutralize North Korea's nuclear program by treating China as a tool for leverage while sidelining South Korean interests.
By Roy Castellano ·
Thomas Pickering and the 1999 Decision to Use a Chinese Treaty
Confidential for years, a 1999 meeting shows the US adopting a Chinese-written treaty to handle Pyongyang while the real discussion on Taiwan remained off the record.
By Roy Castellano ·