China International Culture Exchange Center

The 12th Bureau of the Ministry of State Security, known publicly as the China International Culture Exchange Center (CICEC) under an arrangement called "one institution with two names", is a set of research institutes operated by the China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), the principal civilian intelligence agency of the People's Republic of China as a front organization. CICEC was founded in 1984 and is active in operations to influence foreign think tanks, academics, and other high-profile foreigners.

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