Navigate Complex Digital Environments with Confidence
The OSINT Redbook is a three-day specialist course designed for practitioners working with Chinese-language sources and platforms.
China’s online ecosystem is distinct—shaped by language, platform architecture, governance and geopolitical context. Standard OSINT approaches often fall short without an understanding of how this environment operates.
This course develops the capability to navigate, collect and analyze information from Chinese sources using structured, tool-agnostic methodologies. Participants learn how to identify relevant data sources, interpret signals in context and apply OSINT techniques effectively within this unique operating environment.
This course is delivered via instructor-led training. A self-paced, on-demand alternative is available through the OSINT Combine Academy (The OSINT Redbook: Searching the Chinese Internet).
What You’ll Learn
- Understand the unique structure, platforms, and dynamics of China’s digital ecosystem
- Apply OSINT techniques for using Chinese search engines, databases, and platforms
- Identify and collect relevant data across academic, corporate, and technical domains
- Analyze information within cultural, linguistic, and geopolitical context
- Adapt investigative methodologies to non-Western digital environments
- Apply operational security (OPSEC) practices for safe and effective research
Develop Specialist OSINT Capability for Chinese Digital Environments
This course delivers targeted outcomes for teams that need to identify, interpret, and act on information from Chinese digital sources.
Expand Access and Improve Visibility
Unlock information from Chinese platforms and repositories not typically accessible through standard Western-oriented OSINT approaches. Build a clearer understanding of corporate activity, research developments, and strategic intent.
Strengthen Analytical Confidence in Chinese-Language and Opaque Data
Reduce misinterpretation by improving how translated and unfamiliar information is assessed. Support more defensible analytical judgments when working with complex or opaque data sets.
Operate Effectively Across Chinese Platforms
Apply investigative approaches that account for platform differences, access limitations and information controls, reducing friction in collection and analysis workflows.
Reduce Operational Risk in Controlled Digital Environments
Minimize exposure and manage attribution risks when conducting investigations in monitored or restricted online environments. Strengthen safeguards when working within China’s digital ecosystem.
Course FAQs
This course is designed for intelligence analysts, investigators, researchers, and security professionals who need to collect and analyze information from China’s online environment. It is particularly suited to those supporting geopolitical analysis, corporate due diligence, counterintelligence, or technology tracking.
A foundational understanding of OSINT is recommended, but prior experience working with Chinese sources is not required. Mandarin language proficiency is also not required. Participants will learn practical techniques for working with Chinese-language content using translation tools and structured workflows.
This course is delivered as instructor-led training, combining expert instruction with practical exercises and real-world scenarios. It can be delivered in person or virtually and tailored to your team’s operational context.
A self-paced, on-demand alternative is available through the OSINT Combine Academy via the The OSINT Redbook: Searching the Chinese Internet.
BUILD OSINT CAPABILITY ACROSS YOUR TEAM
Contact us to schedule training, discuss delivery options, or explore how this course fits into your broader capability development.