Jiangnan Social University (Chinese: 江南社会学院) is school of intelligence tradecraft operated by the Ministry of State Security (MSS) of the People's Republic of China. Sometimes called Institute of Cadre Management Suzhou by Western observers, the school was intended to be an annex of the University of International Relations, but instead has become an MSS training facility.[1] It is located adjacent to Yinshan Lake in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, an hour's drive from Shanghai.[2]
江南社会学院 (Chinese) | |||||||
| Type | National | ||||||
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| Established | 1984 | ||||||
Parent institution | Ministry of State Security | ||||||
| Chairman | Huang Jinyong | ||||||
| President | Chen Donghao | ||||||
| Location | No. 3 Yinshan Lake, Guoxiang, Wuzhong District, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China 31°13′57″N 120°41′0″E / 31.23250°N 120.68333°E | ||||||
| Transportation | Train:  2 Yinshan Hu | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 江南社会学院 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 江南社會學院 | ||||||
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Academics
editThe university is located in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and was established in 1984[1] or 1986[3] with around 600 students and staff.[1]
Originally intended to be an annex of the University of International Relations in Beijing, the school instead reportedly teaches courses in intelligence tradecraft, such as firearms, martial arts, driving, communications, and surveillance skills to MSS cadres in courses lasting up to a year.[4] More recently, Alex Joske's 2022 book, Spies and Lies, describes the compound as an older, mid-career MSS training institution with "none of the grandeur" of newer MSS facilities.[2]
Satellite imagery appears to show a shooting range at the southern end of the campus.[3]
Journal
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| Discipline | National security Communist ideology |
|---|---|
| Language | Chinese |
| Edited by | Tai Yaochang |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1999–present |
| Publisher | Jiangnan Social University (China) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Jiangnan Soc. Univ. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1673-1026 |
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Since 1999, the school has published the Journal of Jiangnan Social University (Chinese: 江南社会学院学报杂志; pinyin: Jiāngnán Shèhuì Xuéyuàn Xuébào Zázhì), featuring articles primarily on the topics of national security, Chinese communist ideology, and international relations, as well as incorporating discussions on the exploitation of emerging technologies, social control, ethnic religion, and critical theory.[5][6] Submissions are open to all Chinese Communist Party and government agency employees at all levels, students and faculty of administrative colleges, party schools, colleges and universities, and social science research institutions, as well as authors affiliated directly with Jiangnan Social University. The journal solicits outside submissions via periodic calls for papers similar to ordinary academic institutions. The journal's quarterly issues are unclassified and available to the public, albeit behind a paywall, through CNKI. All articles are in Chinese with abstracts in Chinese and English. The journal's digital object identifier (DOI) prefix is 10.16147 and its ISSN is 1673-1026.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b c Smith, I. C.; West, Nigel (2021). Historical Dictionary of Chinese Intelligence (2nd ed.). London: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 178. ISBN 9781538130193. LCCN 2020035964. OCLC 1066049358.
- ^ a b Joske, Alex (2022). Spies and Lies: How China's Greatest Operations Fooled the World. Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 9781743589007.
- ^ a b "China Defence Universities Tracker: Jiangnan Social University". Australian Strategic Policy Institute. November 14, 2019.
- ^ Wise, David (2011). Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 9. ISBN 9780547553108. OCLC 651912251.
- ^ Kang, Shanshan (June 2016). "恐怖主义:资本逻辑宰制下的意识形态幻象——齐泽克的恐怖主义问题研究" [Terrorism out of Ideological Illusion Dominated by Capital Logic: A Study of Slavoj Žižek on Terrorism]. Journal of Jiangnan Social University (in Chinese). 18 (2): 22–25. doi:10.16147/j.cnki.32-1569/c.2016.02.010 – via CNKI.
- ^ Faligot, Roger (2019). Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping. Translated by Lehrer, Natasha (2nd ed.). London: Hurst and Company. ISBN 9781787380967.
- ^ "ISSN 1673-1026 (Print) | Jiangnan Shehui Xueyuan xuebao | The ISSN Portal". portal.issn.org. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ Shi, Qiufeng (March 2022). ""印太"框架下美印战略对接及其挑战" [U.S.-India strategic docking and its challenges under the framework of "Indo-Pacific"]. Journal of Jiangnan Social University (in Chinese). 24 (1): 61–67. doi:10.16147/j.cnki.32-1569/c.2022.01.007 – via CNKI.
External links
edit- Jiangnan Social University at the China Defense Universities Tracker.