SEARCHING CHINA: OSINT ESSENTIALS
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SEARCHING CHINA: OSINT ESSENTIALS
What This Course Is About
Skills You’ll Walk Away With
What This Course Is About
This is the go-to course for learning how to start investigating China’s internet.
You’ll build the foundation needed to search, collect, and analyze Chinese data sources.
You’ll learn how to:
- Understand how China’s internet is different from the Western web.
- Use manual search methods to find information on Weibo, Baidu, forums, platforms.
- Apply language basics and tools to read and interpret Chinese content.
- Bypass geo-blocks and access restricted sources safely.
WHY THIS COURSE MATTERS
Skills You’ll Walk Away With
What This Course Is About
Essentials gives you the foundation every investigator needs before moving to professional-level training.
- Learn to avoid common mistakes Western analysts make.
- Get the core workflows to search and verify Chinese sources.
- Build confidence step by step through guided drills.
- Prepare yourself for deeper, advanced modules (SOCMINT, GEOINT, IMINT, CTI, BI) in more advanced programs.
This is where you start right — with the practical basics that make advanced work possible.
* No prerequisite required — you can take this course on its own or move straight to Advanced/Master.
Skills You’ll Walk Away With
Skills You’ll Walk Away With
Skills You’ll Walk Away With
- Confidence to search and collect data from Chinese platforms.
- Ability to recognize credible vs. unreliable sources.
- Basic tradecraft for bypassing geo-blocks safely.
- Independence to run small-scale investigations with real results that most Westerns cannot reach.
Searching China: OSINT Essentials – Syllabus
Module 1 – Introduction to OSINT on China
Module 2 – Language Basics for Investigators
Module 2 – Language Basics for Investigators
- Overview of China’s digital ecosystem vs. Western internet.
- Why traditional OSINT methods often fail in China.
- Common pitfalls for beginners and how to avoid them.
- Building the right mindset: practical, persistent, and adaptive.
Module 2 – Language Basics for Investigators
Module 2 – Language Basics for Investigators
Module 2 – Language Basics for Investigators
- Using translation tools effectively (and knowing their limits and how to work around them).
- Introduction to Chinese characters, pinyin, and common terms.
- Recognizing slang, abbreviations, and everyday expressions.
- Quick methods for detecting hidden meaning without advanced fluency.
- Learn about communication forms used in China.
Module 3 – Manual Search Techniques
Module 2 – Language Basics for Investigators
Module 4 – Access & Geo-Bypass Methods
- How to search Chinese platforms directly and produce intelligence insights from Weibo, Baidu, Forums, etc.
- Boolean and advanced search queries in Chinese search engines.
- Identifying credible vs. low-value sources.
- Practical exercises: running searches and interpreting results.
Module 4 – Access & Geo-Bypass Methods
Module 5 – Practical Data Collection Workflows
Module 4 – Access & Geo-Bypass Methods
- Understanding China’s geo-blocks and access restrictions.
- Simple, reliable techniques to reach restricted sites.
- Account creation basics: using one reliable method to obtain a +86
- Safe browsing habits and light OPSEC for beginners investigating China.
Module 5 – Practical Data Collection Workflows
Module 5 – Practical Data Collection Workflows
Module 5 – Practical Data Collection Workflows
- Step-by-step: how to collect, save, and organize findings.
- Using screenshots, metadata, and open-source tools effectively.
- Intro to pivoting (basic): usernames, phone numbers, and groups.
- Building small investigations from one clue.
Module 6 – Real-World Mini Case Studies
Module 5 – Practical Data Collection Workflows
Module 5 – Practical Data Collection Workflows
- Walkthrough of simple investigations (e.g., finding a company’s online footprint, tracing social chatter).
- Guided exercises to apply language, search, and access methods.
- How to verify and cross-check information.
- Working with data real people, real companies, real life case studies.
GIFT
GIFT
GIFT
Includes 1 bonus publication from Dark Web Advanced: Source Development — a mini intelligence gift designed to help you combine methods from both trainings.
With this, you’ll learn how to merge Essential China OSINT skills with dark web source development techniques, unlocking entirely new ways to discover and connect hidden data.
Materials
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- Duration: 60 days of full access to PDF content and pre-recorded video lessons.
- Exercises: 15+ practical drills on Chinese platforms.
- Outcome: You’ll be able to search, collect, and verify Chinese data confidently — building the foundation needed to move toward advanced investigations.
Active Support
Active Support
Active Support
Our team supports you throughout your 60-day learning journey of Searching China
We answer all questions via email and encourage active communication
China OSINT in Action: Quick Glimpse
China’s internet isn’t just censored — it’s layered with restrictions. From apps limiting downloads and installs, to GEO-based blocks that defeat most VPNs, and captchas that Westerns can't solve.
One unique restriction? Platforms like CSDN that block full content unless you’re logged in (using a +86).
In this video, we show you exactly how to bypass that — and access the full content without needing an account. Step by step.
In this brief 12 minute sneak peek with you so you can get a good idea of how detailed and comprehensive our new updated October 2024 video lessons are, these are called 'investigative sessions' where you get an inside view into the step by step, how we explore, how we search, how we find information and pivot from it in China's complex ecosystem. How do we search or go from incorrect searching to the right one in Chinese as a Western investigator, to not waste time, be accurate ...
In this video, we demonstrate—live—how to bypass platforms like QCC.com and Tianyancha, China’s leading corporate intelligence sites. These sites often block access using DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) or geo-restrictions, making simple tools like VPNs useless. We show you exactly how to get around those blocks effectively.
In the course, we teach you at least four unique access methods (and more in development)— including techniques rarely used by OSINT professionals. Why? Because these methods are adapted directly from advanced penetration testing practices, giving you solutions that go far beyond traditional open-source workflows.
In this video, we demonstrate how to convert any image hosted on Weibo servers into a user ID (UID) — effectively identifying the person who posted it. In our SOCMINT section, we also deep dive into full QQ, WeChat OSINT — covering everything from bypassing restrictions and creating accounts to gaining access and conducting effective investigations.
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