Spy Games: How Beijing's Latest Drama Reveals More Than Just High Stakes The recent television drama "The Long Watch" has set off alarm bells across the Taiwan Strait, but its impact extends far beyond mere ratings or the high stakes espionage it depicts.
Produced by Beijing's top counter espionage agency and backed by the Ministry of State Security, this 40 episode series marks a rare foray into contemporary espionage drama on Chinese state television.
The show's creators claim to have drawn from archival material relating to over 20 declassified national security cases, lending an air of authenticity to the narrative.