379: James Gaylord - China's Family of Spies (Part 1) Chasing Chi

In part one of this two-part episode, retired agent Jim Gaylord reviews his espionage investigation and the prosecution of Chi Mak and his family members as spies for the People's Republic of China. Chi was an engineer who had immigrated from Kwang-Tung, China, and was employed with a U.S. company designing sensitive U.S. military and commercial technologies. Jim was assigned to investigate whether Chi was stealing U.S. Navy secrets from his employer. Jim is the author of Chasing Chi: The FBI's Groundbreaking Pursuit of China's Most Prolific Spy Family. He served in the FBI for 31 years. Check out episode show notes, photos, and related articles: Join my Reader Team to get the FBI Reading Resource - Books about the FBI, written by FBI agents, the 20 clichés about the FBI Reality Checklist, and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies via my monthly email. Join here . Buy me a coffee - Check out my FBI books, non-fiction and crime fiction , available as audiobooks, ebooks and paperbacks wherever books are sold.

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379: James Gaylord - China's Family of Spies (Part 1) Chasing Chi is an episode from FBI Retired Case File Review by Jerri Williams.

This episode is 01:10:25 long.

This episode was published on Dec 4, 2025.

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