Chinese spy drama Silent Honour inspires praise for real-life agents

18/10/2025
Chinese spy drama Silent Honour inspires praise for real-life agents

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Episode Synopsis

The Chinese public has come out in force to pay tribute to Communist Party undercover agents who perished during the 1940s civil war, inspired by a television drama that gained a passionate following and sparked an outpouring of praise.
The fervour centres on Silent Honour, the first mainland TV series to chronicle the Communist Party’s espionage activities in Taiwan in the war’s final months. It was when one of the party’s major intelligence operations was systematically crushed by the...

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