For journalists, analysts, and policy professionals working on China and East Asia.
Over 30 analysts and researchers have enrolled since the course launched in May 2026. Taught by Aadil Brar, founder of Terton Intelligence.
This course equips you to investigate Chinese media narratives, track influence operations, analyze PLA-related developments, verify claims, and build repeatable, defensible research workflows under real-world constraints.
Taught by Aadil Brar, the program focuses on practical, field-tested methods rather than theory. You will learn how to work with Chinese-language sources, extract signal from state and social media ecosystems, and connect disparate data points across military, corporate, and information domains.
“The course gave me a much clearer understanding of Chinese social media and how it shapes threat perception. I’ve been able to apply what I learned directly to my daily monitoring of China at work.”
China analyst, large corporation, Europe
“No other course on the market teaches you how to access Chinese social media, research the PLA, and work with Chinese corporate data, all in one place.”
Professional at an advisory firm, United States
Self-paced core curriculum · $347 USD · one-time · 4 months of access
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Includes full Tier 1 access, plus advanced modules · $647 USD · one-time · 6 months of access
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Every Tier 2 enrollment includes full Tier 1 access. Checkout is handled by Stripe. For crypto, UPI, Google Pay, bank transfer, group rates or corporate bundles, email contact@tertonintel.com.
Your privacy. We protect your identity and credentials with the utmost professionalism. Our instructor has worked with government-linked organizations across several regions, as a reporter and as a consultant, and treats your details with the same discretion. Identity verification is required to enroll in the Advanced course.
Live cohort · Graded · By application. $1,800.
The Advanced course carried to its conclusion, with a dedicated Adversary Military Intelligence module built on a real order of battle.
A live, graded program for professionals whose work reaches into China. You run collection against real targets in live cohort sessions, then earn the certificate by producing an intelligence assessment of your own.
Adversary Military Intelligence module
What the program includes
Built for serving government, military, intelligence, and defense professionals. Verification is required, and each cohort holds a limited number of seats. Everything we teach is passive collection of what is already exposed. No scanners, no intrusion, no active testing. Pure tradecraft, and a sharper way of seeing.
Apply for a seat Applications are open for the next cohort. Dates are shared with verified applicants.
Seven modules. Tier 1 opens Modules 1 to 4; Tier 2 opens all seven.
How China’s information environment differs from Western open web norms: media ecosystems, platform culture, and research hygiene under deadline pressure.
Search strategy on Baidu and the platforms behind the Great Firewall, translation pitfalls, names and entities, slang and context. Practical methods for analysts who are not native speakers.
State and commercial media verification, Weibo and WeChat as collection surfaces, persona and network mapping, and cross-platform pivots.
How narratives move from state media into social platforms and outward, how to spot coordinated amplification, and how to document it with confidence markers.
Building entity files from Chinese registries and filings, reading ownership language, tracing procurement, and connecting companies to programs, places, and public claims.
Following PLA-related developments through open sources: unit and organizational structure, exercise and deployment reporting, aircraft and vessel tracking, and connecting military activity to the corporate and information domains around it.
Choosing imagery platforms, reading a site over time, change detection, and using imagery to support military, infrastructure, and strategic assessments.
Tier 1 includes four months of access from the day you enroll. Tier 2 includes six months. Your expiry date is shown inside the course portal, and if you need longer you can email us to extend it.
Tier 1 (Core) is $347 USD. Tier 2 (Advanced) is $647 USD. Both are one-time payments with no subscription and no recurring charge. Tier 2 includes full Tier 1 access, so there is nothing to buy twice.
Journalists, OSINT and intelligence analysts, policy researchers, and serious independent researchers who need practical China-focused methods, not a generic internet-research intro.
No. The course teaches how to work productively with Chinese-language material: smarter search, spotting bad translations, and handling names and context. You will not leave fluent. You will leave able to work.
Self-paced recorded video modules with walkthroughs, downloadable checklists, and reusable template searches. Tier 1 is 5.5 hours. Tier 2 is 9 hours and includes additional components.
Tier 1 is the 5.5-hour core curriculum at $347: Modules 1 to 4 (foundations, Chinese search engines, verifying Chinese media and social sources, and tracking influence operations), plus the setup guide, search cheat sheet, WeChat bonuses and the master resource guide. Tier 2 is 9 hours at $647 and adds Modules 5 to 7 (investigating Chinese companies, investigating China's military, and satellite imagery), the PLA tracking and LLM bonus modules, the PLA recruitment case work, the government institutions directory and the numeric domain guide, together with course certification and a personal reference from the instructor. Anyone who buys Tier 2 receives Tier 1 access as well.
Yes. Every Tier 2 enrollment includes full access to Tier 1. You do not need to purchase Tier 1 separately.
Yes. The China OSINT Master's Program is a live, graded cohort for professionals whose work reaches into China. It includes everything in Advanced plus a dedicated Adversary Military Intelligence module, live sessions, a graded field exercise against a real target, and a certificate the exercise earns. It is offered by application with verification, not by instant checkout. Email us to apply.
Yes. Email for group rates and corporate bundles. We can arrange wire transfer and other institutional payment methods.
Once your payment is complete, we send your login details for the course platform to the email address you used to pay. For the Advanced course, we verify your identity first. Stripe is the default path. Crypto, UPI, Google Pay, or bank transfer are arranged by email.