New Podcast "The Sixth Bureau" Explores China Spycraft
February 13, 2026
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as posted by the channelBloomberg News Technology Reporter Drake Bennett and Senior Cybersecurity Reporter Jordan Robertson join Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss the launch of their limited podcast series, "The Sixth Bureau." The series follows Xu Yanjun, the Deputy Division Director of the Sixth Bureau of the Jiangsu Province MSS office – who also happens to be on a mission to snatch the crown jewel of American aerospace: GE jet engines. With dead drops, cyberattacks, aliases, blackmail and the occasional break-in, Xu played a role in one of the largest economic espionage operations in history, targeting corporate giants like DuPont, Boeing and General Motors. But in the end, his sloppiness – and a cunning FBI sting – led to a stunning reversal. Bennett and Robertson discuss with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. It’s an open secret that the Chinese government has engaged in a global campaign to acquire intellectual property from foreign rivals. At the center of that campaign is the Ministry of State Security, China’s elusive intelligence agency. The US has apprehended hundreds of people accused of giving information to the MSS, but the agency’s inner workings have been a mystery — until now.
Today, we’re bringing you Episode 1 of The Sixth Bureau, a limited-run series from The Big Take. The series follows an MSS intelligence officer whose mission was to acquire the crown jewels of American aerospace companies. With aliases, blackmail and the occasional break-in, he targeted corporate giants. That is, until his sloppiness — and a cunning FBI sting — led to a stunning reversal: Xu Yanjun became the first Chinese intelligence officer ever convicted on American soil.
The Sixth Bureau is the story of superpowers, their secrets and how one Chinese spy got caught. This limited-run series will publish on Fridays in The Big Take.
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