"The Chinese Phantom: The Hunt for the World's Most Dangerous Arms Dealer" is a non-fiction investigative journalism book published in 2024.

The book is co-authored by:

• Christoph Giesen, the China correspondent of the German magazine Der Spiegel.
• Philipp Grüll, a weapons expert and editor at Germany’s leading public broadcaster ARD.
• Frederik Obermaier and Bastian Obermayer who won the Pulitzer Prize for their ground-breaking reporting on the Panama Papers.

The book tells the story of Karl Lee (Li Fangwei), a Chinese businessman who has been supplying Iran with materials to build ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons for over two decades. Lee has been able to evade the authorities by using a complex network of front companies and alia ...