"Spies and Lies pierces the Ministry of State Security's walls of secrecy and reveals how agents of the Chinese Communist Party have spent decades manipulating the West's attitudes - from an Australian prime minister to the US Congress, prominent think tanks and the FBI - about China's rise. Through interviews with defectors and intelligence officers, classified Chinese intelligence documents and original investigations, the book unmasks dozens of active Chinese intelligence officers along with global MSS fronts, including travel agencies, writers associations, publishing houses, alumni associations, newspapers, a Buddhist temple, a record company and charities."-- From publisher.

Includes index

Introduction -- George Soros, the China Fund and the MSS -- Spymaster: Yu Enguang -- Nestling spies in the united front -- A bloodbath marks a new era -- Chinagate: the plot to buy the White House -- Playing the long game -- Zheng Bijian and China Reform Forum -- The concoction of China's peaceful rise -- WikiLeaks reveals the MSS -- The revolving door: scholars and the MSS -- 'China never forgets its friends': elite capture -- The Party you can't leave: Trump, Biden and beyond -- The Goddess of Mercy: Buddhism as a tool of influence -- Conclusion: facing up to the MSS.