Exposing China's "Thousand Talents Program" - An OSINT Analysis

April 29, 2021
China's "Thousand Talents Program" is known to be the country's one of the main sources for attempting to steal and lure foreign scientists into falling victim into a vast network of scientific research activities for foreign countries which in reality can fall victim to active counter-intelligence and intellectual and technological "know-how" exchange and stealing for the purpose of exchanging financial incentives.

In this post I'll discuss in-depth China's "Thousand Talents Program" and provide actionable intelligence on the actual recruitment practices.


Sample Shanghai Jiao Tong University Application Form:












Sample personal emails known to be currently recruiting for China's "Thousand Talents Program":
wangenvwanghy@nankai.edu.cn
liuliuweiwei@nankai.edu.cn
yangjiangyinan@nankai.edu.cn
nkyangjun@163.com
jiaotedacollege@nankai.edu.cn
xielsxyrs@nankai.edu.cn
dingxdzhang@nankai.edu.cn
haohaoyongwei@nankai.edu.cn
lanecojobs@nankai.edu.cn

Stay tuned!

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