Spotlight | China
Party strategises to claw back control of financial sector

The Intelligence Gazette
New tandem in European Parliament, US bill for Georgia, SISSE boss under fire, bonuses frozen in Beijing

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

EuropeChristophe Gomart reconstitutes his military intelligence tandem in parliament

United StatesBill in support of Georgia mobilises intelligence agencies

FranceSenators grill SISSE economic security agency boss

ChinaOfficials' bonuses frozen in name of ‘common prosperity'

China
CCP to continue using anti-corruption drive to raise funds as Xi Jinping promises ongoing reform

The Chinese Communist Party is set to unveil its new economic doctrine at the central committee plenary session which is opening today in Beijing against a backdrop of particular turbulence in the property and finance sectors.

China
Translators caught up in Beijing's drive to bring financial sector to heel

The Chinese authorities are now controlling the language used in economic and financial reports and their translations, which foreign companies rely on for their financial investigation work. Several translators have been convicted in court for not abiding by the new rules.

China
SolarPower Europe helps Chinese industry on the quiet

The largest EU solar lobbyist is concerned about the influx of Chinese solar panels and how that will impact European production capacities. In private, it is equally wary about the risks of a huge decrease in exports from China.

China
Chinese Communist Party uses CICC investment bank to boost New Silk Roads

Two new internal reports, written under the direction of the State Council, have laid the foundations for Xi Jinping's new economic strategy.

China
China's new banking regulator enforces ideological controls

Imposing a new system of "one bank, one administration, one commission", China's new banking super-regulator SAFR seeks to take financial and political control of national banks on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.

Spotlight | China
Premier Li Qiang plies pressure on China International Capital Corp boss

China's freshly created national financial regulator, the State Administration for Financial Regulation under the authority of the Chinese premier, has launched its first investigation, focusing on the CICC bank.

China
Xi Jinping forms new security clique to stamp out corruption with iron fist

The Chinese leader has entrusted several members of the CCP's new security faction with the challenging task of ensuring the anti-corruption campaign is strictly implemented, especially within those state structures over which Xi Jinping believes he does not yet have full control.

Spotlight | China
China International Capital Corp targeted by Xi Jinping's new anti-corruption drive

The Chinese investment bank has quietly started reshuffling its teams in an effort to soften the blow it could be dealt by an investigation the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee for Discipline Inspection may launch against it.