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{{Short description|2022 book by Alex Joske}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
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| name              = Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World
| author            = [[Alex Joske]]
| language          = English
| country           = Australia
| genre             = Non-fiction
| published         =
| publisher         = Hardie Grant
| isbn              = 9781743797990
| italic title      = <!--(see above)-->
| image             = Spies and Lies, How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World cover.jpeg
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| caption           =
| cover_artist      = Josh Durham
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| subject           = [[Chinese Communist Party]], [[MSS|Ministry of State Security]], [[United Front Work Department]]
| set_in            = United States, Canada, Australia and China
| publisher2        =
| pub_date          = October 4, 2022
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| pages             = 304
| awards            =
| isbn_note         = (Paperback)
| oclc              = 1347020692
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| genres            = [[Espionage]], [[geopolitics]]
}}
'''''Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World''''' is a 2022 book written by [[Alex Joske]] which alleges that [[Western world|the west]] has been negligent of expansive [[Government of China|Chinese government]] influence and [[Chinese intelligence activity abroad|foreign espionage efforts]]. It focuses especially on activities by China's [[Ministry of State Security (China)|Ministry of State Security]] (MSS) in the United States. The book was published by Hardie Grant Books and released October 4, 2022. The book has been influential, and its cover includes the endorsement of Representative [[Mike Gallagher (American politician)|Mike Gallagher]], who months later became the first leader of the [[United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party|Select Committee on the CCP]] in the [[United States Congress]]. Australian Chair of the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]] Charles Edel described the book's method as an "almost [[Forensic science|forensic]]" approach to the topic.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjp3eXwiTes |title=Spies and Lies: How China Fooled the World |date=October 12, 2022 |last=Edel |first=Charles |type=Motion picture |others=Interview with [[Alex Joske]] |time=12:40 |time-caption=Quote begins at}}</ref>
== Reception ==
The book was released to favorable reviews in ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'', [[The Wall Street Journal|''The'' ''Wall Street Journal'']], and ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nathan |first=Andrew J. |author-link=Andrew J. Nathan |date=2022-11-01 |title=Book Review: "Spies and Lies" by Alex Joske and "America Second" by Isaac Stone Fish |language=en-US |work=[[Foreign Affairs (magazine)|Foreign Affairs]] |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/two-books-chinas-campaign-influence-abroad |access-date=2023-01-21 |issn=0015-7120}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Blumenthal |first=Dan |date=November 2, 2022 |title='Spies and Lies' Review: The Myth of the 'Peaceful Rise' |language=en-US |website=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/spies-and-lies-review-the-myth-of-the-peaceful-rise-11667428661 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-01-21 |issn=1042-9840}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Joshi |first=Shashank |date=December 21, 2022 |title=What to read to understand intelligence and espionage |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-reads/2022/12/21/what-to-read-to-understand-intelligence-and-espionage |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-01-22 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref> It has stirred some controversy particularly in its exploration of the MSS' successful cooption of Australian prime minister [[Bob Hawke]] to rehabilitate China's image following the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 1, 2022 |title=How China spies 'signed up Bob Hawke' |work=[[The Australian]] |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/how-china-spies-signed-up-bob-hawke/news-story/1b159125fd0bd9b21f38ab35117f0353 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Basford Canales |first=Sarah |date=October 4, 2022 |title=Bob Hawke was 'unwittingly' signed up by Chinese spies. It could happen again |language=en-AU |website=[[The Canberra Times]] |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7928670/bob-hawke-was-unwittingly-signed-up-by-chinese-spies-it-could-happen-again/ |access-date=2023-01-21}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Books about the Ministry of State Security (China)]]
[[Category:2022 books]]
[[Category:Books about espionage]]
[[Category:Espionage in China]]
[[Category:United front (China)]]