Spotlight | China, Taiwan
Wang Huning oversees Kuomintang's rapprochement with Beijing

The Intelligence Gazette
French Senate, Taipei, AUKUS, Houthis

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from France, Taiwan, London and Riyadh.

FranceDGSE monitors battle for chair of French Senate foreign affairs and defence commission

ChinaBeijing ramps up media presence in Taiwan

United KingdomDavid Williams, AUKUS's mainstay in London

IsraelRiyadh eagerly awaits data on the Houthis from Mossad

China, Taiwan, United States
China-US trial of strength has enabled KMT to gain ground in Taiwan

Having got former Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou to play the role of mediator, the Chinese Communist Party now has a free hand to resume its influence operations on the island.

China, North Korea
Intense negotiations under way for Kim Jong-un's visit to Beijing

Before the potential summit meeting between the Chinese and North Korean leaders at the end of this year, Chinese delegations are due to visit Pyongyang. Drawing on their common support for Russia in its war with Ukraine, the two want to put the improvement in their relations on an official footing.

China, Taiwan, United States
State Security wary of Rhodium Group's China research

The week of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's 18 June visit to China, tensions between the two countries' services are as high as ever. Intelligence Online has learned that the mere idea of a report on China published by the geopolitical analysis Rhodium Group has kept Beijing's State Security ministry busy for weeks.

China
Xi Jinping allows some space for 'pacifist' Politburo members

Three rising stars of the Chinese administration, Wang Huning, Li Qiang and Ding Xuexiang have been given space to voice new opinions within the Politburo Standing Committee, with President Xi's consent.

China
CCP's Central Party School squad work on Xi's image

To rebuild his image as the leader of the people, President Xi Jinping has been increasingly calling on two senior officials he knew from his time at the helm of the Central Party School, Li Shulei and Shi Taifeng.

China, Hong Kong
From Hong Kong to Taiwan, Xi Jinping wants shift from 'one country, two systems' to single government

By setting up Hong Kong as a testing ground, the Chinese Communist Party is establishing itself as the definitive body for judging any form of resistance to the National Security Law. Xi Jingping is hopeful of shortly being able to apply that same governance in Taiwan.

China
Xi Jinping invites foreign experts into closed-door meetings on China's challenges

The Chinese Communist Party is increasingly relying on small meetings with foreign participants to tackle the country's problems. It has launched a new LinkedIn recruitment campaign with the aim of building a database of foreign experts who can be called upon at short notice when needed.

Taiwan
Xi Jinping's allies try to tip Taiwanese opinion towards closer cooperation with the mainland

Chinese President Xi Jinping quietly mobilised his supporters to help the Kuomintang win the municipal elections in Taiwan.