Introduction to OSINT searching Chinese internet, 9 December 2026 and Advanced OSINT Chinese internet searching, 10 December 2026

Two workshops that provide an operational insight into using Open-Source techniques to navigate the Chinese internet.

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The first session is an introductory session, and the second session is an advanced session for those who already have some experience navigating the Chinese internet. You can book one or both sessions.

 

Introduction to OSINT searching the Chinese internet, 9 December 2026

The workshop will provide investigators and analysts with an introduction to navigating the Chinese internet. It includes key language concepts, Chinese characters, and transliteration.

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The workshop covers typing and working with Chinese digitally, building Chinese search keywords, effective web-search strategies, and understanding Chinese naming conventions for finding people online.

 

Aims, and learning outcomes

On completion of the workshop, delegates will be able to:

• Understand the main characteristics of the Chinese language and learn how to search in Chinese online

• Tackle the problem of translation and transliteration

• Navigate the Chinese internet with greater confidence

• Find specific content in Chinese (news reports, documents, etc)

• Find people through their web trace

 

Session One: Introduction to the Chinese Internet

• Main obstacles and differences

• Introduction to the Chinese language

• Chinese characters and transliteration

 

Session Two: Working With the Chinese Language

• Typing in Chinese

• Writing in Chinese digitally

• Working with and interpreting Chinese numbers

• Optical Character Recognition

 

Session Three: Searching the Web in Chinese

• Translation accuracy

• Building your keyword list

• Searching the web in Chinese: tools and strategies

 

Session Four: Naming Conventions

• Chinese naming conventions

• Searching for people online

 

Our expert

Skip Schiphorst is an Open-Source Intelligence language instructor at I-Intelligence GmbH, a commercial intelligence consultancy based in Switzerland. Skip served for 17 years in the Dutch Marine Corps. He deployed to several regions, during which his language and cultural skills were used to include Chinese, French, Spanish as well as Arabic.

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Skip holds a university degree in China Studies from Leiden University, studied in the People’s Republic of China as well as Taiwan and develops and manages courses that help online researchers as well as cyber investigators find content online in Chinese, Arabic as well in other foreign languages.

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HOW TO BOOK

LEA and Government Agency rate

Option 1: Attend 9 December 2026 only, cost: £249 + VAT (GBP) per delegate

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Option 2: Attend 10 December 2026 only, cost: £249 + VAT (GBP) per delegate

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Option 3: Attend 9 & 10 December 2026, cost: £399 + VAT (GBP) per delegate

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Group bookings: We offer various discounts for group bookings depending on numbers, please contact us for details.

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Booking: Please send the delegates name(s), email address(es) and purchase order (made out to The Investigator) to booking@the-investigator.co.uk or telephone +44(0)844 660 8707 for further information. 

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Payment can be made by PayPal/debit/credit card. ​The meeting link will be sent out 7 days before the event.

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