Japanese Intelligence Stories 01 | The Meiji-Era Wave of Japanese Espionage in China: The Overthrow of the Shogunate, the Opening of the Country, the Continental Policy, and the First Sino-Japanese War
From the fūsetsugaki (foreign-news reports) of the Edo period, to the activities of continental rōnin around the time of the First Sino-Japanese War, and further to the construction of the General Staff Headquarters and the Supreme Command system, Japan's early intelligence apparatus bore both civilian and official characteristics. During the period of national seclusion, how did the Japanese shogunate acquire knowledge of the outside world through ports and merchants? Under the cover of a pharmacy, how did Arao Sei use the Rakuzendō in Hankou to establish the first generation of spy networks in China? Before the First Sino-Japanese War, how did the Japanese Navy gather intelligence through 'regular channels'? Re-examining the First Sino-Japanese War, why did the information transmission mechanisms of the late Qing dynasty completely fail? Please listen to the wonderful sharing brought by this episode's guest, Sha Qingqing!
Original Chinese title & description
日本谍报物语01｜明治对华特务潮：倒幕开国、大陆政策与甲午战争
从江户时代的「风说书」，到甲午前后大陆浪人的活跃，再到陆军参谋本部和大本营体系的构建，日本早期的情报体系兼有民间与官方色彩。锁国时期，日本幕府怎样通过港口与商人获取外界知识？以药房为名加以掩护，荒尾精如何用「汉口乐善堂」在华建立初代间谍网络？甲午战争前，日本海军是如何通过「正规渠道」刺探情报的？重新复盘甲午战争，晚清的信息传递机制为何完全失效？请听本期嘉宾沙青青带来的精彩分享！
Participation credit “本期话题成员”：沙青青（微信公众号：13号埋立地）。
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