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Rare Beijing spy series highlights real-life intelligence drama with Taiwan

One daysingle sourceOne outlet reported this themselves - 1 of the 2 reports ran its copy.
All 2 reports on Mon, 7 September 2026

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CCTVMinistry of State SecurityThe Long WatchBeijingTaiwanmainland ChinaWang XiaoqiangMinistry Of State SecurityXinhuaChineseJapaneseTaiwan Strait, Taiwan (General), TaiwanTaiwaneseChinaBeijing, Beijing, China

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How it spread - 1 original report, 1 reprint

  1. Mon, 7 September 2026

    1 report
    • South China Morning Post09:56first to report

      A television drama produced by Beijing’s top counter-espionage agency has put the spotlight on real-life cases in the high-stakes intelligence battle between mainland China and Taiwan. Over the past decade, mainland Chinese spy dramas have rarely touched on contemporary espionage across the Taiwan Strait but on Sunday state broadcaster CCTV began airing a 40-episode television series about such intelligence efforts from 1998 to 2018. Overseen by the Ministry of State Security, The Long Watch...

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