Newsletters
Newsletter - November 2023
Investigations & Articles
The PLA’s Strategic Integration of AI: Navigating the Complex Terrain of Military Operations and Future Warfare
What impact is AI having on the PLA? We take a look at what the effective implementation of AI could look like when used in the Chinese Military.
Investigations & Articles
Flight Tracking; When flights don’t take direct routes.
Flight Tracking; When planes don’t take the most direct route. A look at flights around China and Taiwan.
OSINT Tools
Chinese Language Tools
Here we have reviewed Chinese language tools we have found the most useful in our investigations. Mandarinspot Mandarin Spot has a Chinese-English dictionary, but the real power comes from its Annotation feature. Simply copy and paste the source text into the tool and click annotate and the tool will do
OSINT Tools
OSINT Tool Compilations
Open Source tool pages that have a variety of useful tools within them. We have reviewed the ones we have found the most useful in our investigations. Malfrat’s OSINT Map A good all-round OSINT tool hub. Lots of different links in a variety of categories eg, usernames, social media
OSINT Tools
Chinese Company Tools
Open Source tools to help with looking at Chinese company information. We have reviewed the ones we have found the most useful in our investigations. Kompass For all your company information needs. Kompass is a B2B (Business to Business) supplier directory. Extremely user friendly and allows you to search global
Investigations & Articles
Using Chinese business records for OSINT
How can we use Chinese corporate databases and business intelligence techniques to find data on Chinese companies for our OSINT investigations?
Investigations & Articles
What is China doing for the Environment?
What is China doing for the environment? A brief examination of a Chinese entity striving for positive change and a look at the vital Electric Vehicles (EV) sector in China.
Reading List
Official Government Websites
This page contains links to Official websites from the Chinese Government and Chinese news outlets run by the CCP. We have found these useful when looking at what the Chinese Government wants people to read about China. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) website 外交部 Website of China’s Foreign
Reading List
Reading List
Below is a series of links to resources about China we’ve found useful so far. We have also created a separate page that houses lots of the Chinese Government Official websites. These have been helpful when fact checking claims and just generally getting a sense of what the Government
Investigations & Articles
How would China supply Russia with heavy material for use in the Ukraine conflict?
How would China supply Russia with heavy material for use in the Ukraine conflict? A look at the key railways between the countries.
OSINT Tools
Malfrat’s OSINT MAP – China OSINT
This page has a compilation of tools, from Malfrat’s OSINT Map, that we have found useful in research and investigations in the China OSINT space. VesselFinder This tool can be found in the “Transportation” arm of Malfrat’s OSINT Map. VesselFinder allows you to see, in real time, the