Chinese Spies: From Chairman Mao to Xi Jinping is a book by French journalist Roger Faligot which examines the history of Chinese espionage, particularly the contemporary Ministry of State Security (MSS).

[1] The book provides a history of Chinese intelligence services, with an emphasis on the origins of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and contemporary operations of the United Front Work Department and Ministry of State Security under CCP General Secretary, which the book refers to primarily by its transliterated Chinese abbreviation, "Guoanbu."

It discusses historic operations, partnerships between the Chinese and Soviet and later Russian intelligence services, the role of intelligence in large national projects like the Belt and Road Initiative, and internal drama relating to the tumultuous party politics of the CCP which oversee the MSS.

The 1987 edition, coauthored by Remi Kauffer, was translated into English by Christine Donougher in 1989 with a title that references Chinese spymaster Kang Sheng, as The Chinese Secret Service: Kang Sheng and the Shadow Government in Red China (ISBN 0-688-09722-7).

[3] A subsequent update was published around the time of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics as Les Service Secret Chinois: De Mao aux JO ("The Secret Service of China: from Mao to the Olympics") (ISBN 978-2847363029).