{"id":1945,"date":"2025-12-15T17:34:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2025-12-15T17:34:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:34:53","slug":"december-15-2025-daily-x-threads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cognitivewarriorproject.com\/?p=1945","title":{"rendered":"December 15, 2025 – Daily X Threads"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Some X threads from the last few days. For the most part, these posts are about news in National Security. We do the scrolling so you don\u2019t have to! This post also serves as an open thread. I welcome readers to post comments or additional links related to national security or history, even if they are not directly related to the links below.<\/p>\n

An interesting aside. China continues to be the top reader of this site by an almost 3-1 margin over the second-place US, and the city that pops up most is Lanzhou. I know absolutely nothing about Lanzhou, so I asked Grok: Are there intelligence-gathering agencies there? This was the response:<\/p>\n

Yes, <\/span>Lanzhou<\/span><\/span> hosts branches or offices of Chinese government agencies involved in <\/span>intelligence gathering<\/span><\/span>, primarily through provincial and local levels of the <\/span>Ministry of State Security (MSS)<\/span><\/span> and elements related to the <\/span>Ministry of Public Security (MPS)<\/span><\/span>, as well as historical military intelligence ties.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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Ministry of State Security (MSS) Presence<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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The <\/span>MSS<\/span><\/span> serves as China’s primary civilian intelligence agency, handling foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, and political security. It operates a decentralized structure with <\/span>provincial-level State Security Departments (or Halls)<\/span><\/span> and municipal- or district-level <\/span>State Security Bureaus<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
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  • Gansu Province<\/span><\/span> (where Lanzhou is the capital) has a <\/span>Gansu Provincial State Security Department<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Lanzhou<\/span><\/span> specifically includes local <\/span>State Security Bureaus<\/span><\/span>, such as in <\/span>Lanzhou New Area<\/span><\/span> (a national-level development zone under Lanzhou’s administration), which engages in national security activities like public education and counter-espionage efforts.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n
  • Municipal government divisions in Lanzhou explicitly include oversight of <\/span>national security<\/span><\/span> matters, aligning with MSS functions.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These local MSS entities conduct intelligence gathering, including monitoring potential threats to state security, counter-espionage, and related political security work.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n

    Interesting. We will continue to monitor…<\/p>\n

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