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Chinese academic warns India's intelligence gathering risks miscalculation

A Chinese academic warns that India's intelligence gathering against China, increasingly framing routine activities as threats, could lead to miscalculation and unilateral countermeasures from New Delhi. The academic's paper, published in the Journal of Intelligence, analyzes India's intelligence operations from 2020 to 2026. It notes India's use of space-based reconnaissance, drone surveillance, and cyber intelligence against China, particularly in the context of strained relations following the 2020 Galwan Valley clash. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fan Chen ·

    Why Indian intelligence-gathering against China could lead to miscalculation

    Routine Chinese activities are increasingly being framed as threats by Indian intelligence agencies, raising the risk of New Delhi miscalculating and taking “unilateral countermeasures” against Beijing, a Chinese academic has warned. India has stepped up intelligence-gathering as…