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China, Europe
China mandates academics to win over Europe

The Chinese Communist Party wants to make the most of the rift forming across the Atlantic and is sending research groups to restore its reputation in Europe.

Subscribers only 03.04.2025

China
Propaganda Department reopens its doors to foreign-trained Chinese

Li Shulei, Head of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and He Lifeng, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China at the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) of China in Beijing, China, 11 March 2025. © Jessica Lee/EPA/MaxPPP

Subscribers only 02.04.2025

China
French foreign minister's China visit takes shape

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, on 15 February 2025. © Gao Jing / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Subscribers only 26.03.2025

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and American President Donald Trump stand together before signing the Phase 1 trade deal between the United States and China, during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House on 15 January 2020. © Kevin Dietsch/UPI/MaxPPP

China, United States
Intelligence report on Chinese leaders' corruption double-edged sword for Trump

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence remains committed to releasing its findings on the hidden wealth of Chinese leaders. But with the US president planning to meet Xi Jinping shortly, the report's publication poses a dilemma for the White House and will test its relationship with the spy agencies.

Subscribers only 24.03.2025

China, Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Baptist University turned into CCP standard-bearer

Under the leadership of a president who has been particularly zealous in his dealings with the CCP, Hong Kong Baptist University has become a virtuous model of collaboration between academics from mainland China and the former British territory.

Subscribers only 14.03.2025

Taiwanese military intelligence is questioning Donald Trump's intentions regarding the fate of the island. © Leah Millis/Reuters

Spotlight | China, Taiwan
Taiwanese intelligence on watch for possible US shift on China

Taiwan's Military Intelligence Bureau has held meetings with MPs from the Foreign Affairs and National Defence Committee. It is on high alert regarding Beijing's options in the new geopolitical landscape created by Donald Trump's election.

Subscribers only 11.03.2025

The Intelligence Gazette
French prison intelligence, Washington strengthens stance on Beijing, Secrecy at Pakistan's Paris embassy, Death penalty for Chinese officer, DGSE

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

FranceNew director for prison intelligence service

United StatesWhite House reinforces stance on China

FranceThe Pakistan embassy in Paris employee who knew too much

ChinaHigh-ranking PLA officer sentenced to death for spying for the US

FranceDGSE combat swimmers' ammunition bunker to grow

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 31.03.2025

China, United States
Chinese Communist Party looking to poach disillusioned US academics

The Chinese Communist Party is planning to capitalise on unhappiness at US universities over Donald Trump's policies. Beijing is hoping to attract top scientists to its laboratories.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 21.03.2025

The Intelligence Gazette
Pressure on DGSE in Africa, China on Ukraine fence, France's ‘Mr Big Event' security boss moves on, UK's former ISC chair speaks out

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

France/AfricaPressure tactics on DGSE

ChinaCCP bans criticism of Putin and Trump

FranceProtection Service's ‘Mr Big Event' lands interior ministry job

United KingdomFormer head of parliamentary oversight opens up

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 17.03.2025

Thailand
Thai intelligence seeks to strengthen cyber capacities to counter China

Courted by both sides in China-US regional influence battles, Thailand's national intelligence agency is trying to beef up its capacities, with little success so far despite growing threats.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 13.03.2025

Spotlight | China
Hu Shisheng, the spymaster-academic behind China's South Asian intelligence strategy

A senior research fellow at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), who was refused entry to France some months ago, Hu has established himself over the years as the most influential voice in the defence of China's interests in South Asia.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 06.03.2025

Hu Shisheng, researcher at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR).

China
Xi Jinping puts grassroots organisations at forefront of PLA anti-corruption drive

As part of his campaign to eradicate corruption within the People's Liberation Army, the Chinese president is mobilising grassroots organisations to identify 'problematic' profiles within the military.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 28.02.2025

ACP, China
From the Gulf to China, the Cheung-Leong family central to Vanuatu's diplomatic ambitions

Vanuatu files 3/3. The sale of golden passports is a major diplomatic asset for the archipelago. The highly influential Cheung-Leong family is central to the lucrative business, with privileged networks in China and the Gulf, two key investors in Vanuatu's infrastructure.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 27.02.2025

Aerial view of Dubai, with Russian, Vanuatu and Chinese passports.

China, Europe
European intelligence joins forces to shed light on Chinese Communist Party's internal rivalries

Several European intelligence services are pooling information in an attempt to find out more about alleged rifts within the Chinese Communist Party.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 25.02.2025

The Intelligence Gazette
Counterspy heads DGSI economic unit, CIA loses China expert, Spy film prefigured DGSE HQ move, China's 'wolf warriors' return

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

FranceCounter-espionage expert takes charge at DGSI economic security unit

United StatesCIA loses top China expert

FranceFrench 2008 spy film prefigured DGSE's future move to Fort Neuf

China‘Wolf warrior' diplomacy makes a comeback

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 24.02.2025

China
Chinese Communist Party ideologue building ‘Fudan clique'

Wang Huning, the former dean of the law faculty at Shanghai's Fudan University, has served three Chinese presidents, and now wants to create a new faction to establish himself as Xi Jinping's ‘thinker'.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 21.02.2025

Wang Huning, former dean of the law faculty at Shanghai’s Fudan University.

China
Beijing concerned as more Chinese move to Japan

An honorary Chinese consul near Kyoto has alerted Beijing after noting a hike in the number of Chinese nationals settling in Japan. China has placed Japan on its list of countries to which there is a "high risk of expatriation".

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 19.02.2025

China's foreign minister Wang Yi has put Japan on the secret list of countries 'at high risk of expatriation'.

China
Beijing manifests vested interest in stabilising Afghanistan

China is trying to build a regional consensus, with backing from BRICS countries, to support Afghanistan's stabilisation. The underlying goal for the Chinese Communist Party is to consolidate its own interests in the country.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 18.02.2025

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China
Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

With attacks on Chinese interests on the rise, Beijing is using economic pressure to demand the Afghan government improve security. But Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani does not appear to be complying.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.02.2025

Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani meets Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Xing in early January 2025.

China, United States
How US geospatial intelligence uncovered China's 'Pentagon' project

US intelligence agencies had already discovered that China was building its own mammoth version of the Pentagon months before Western media revealed the project's existence on 30 January. We investigate this US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) success story.

Subscribers only Surveillance & Interception 11.02.2025

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Israel Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Ukraine Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

China University reform under the watchful eye of security

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Government Intelligence

China, Europe China mandates academics to win over Europe

China Propaganda Department reopens its doors to foreign-trained Chinese

China French foreign minister's China visit takes shape

China, United States Intelligence report on Chinese leaders' corruption double-edged sword for Trump

China, Hong Kong Hong Kong's Baptist University turned into CCP standard-bearer

Spotlight | China, Taiwan Taiwanese intelligence on watch for possible US shift on China

The Intelligence Gazette French prison intelligence, Washington strengthens stance on Beijing, Secrecy at Pakistan's Paris embassy, Death penalty for Chinese officer, DGSE

FranceNew director for prison intelligence service

United StatesWhite House reinforces stance on China

FranceThe Pakistan embassy in Paris employee who knew too much

ChinaHigh-ranking PLA officer sentenced to death for spying for the US

FranceDGSE combat swimmers' ammunition bunker to grow

China, United States Chinese Communist Party looking to poach disillusioned US academics

The Intelligence Gazette Pressure on DGSE in Africa, China on Ukraine fence, France's ‘Mr Big Event' security boss moves on, UK's former ISC chair speaks out

France/AfricaPressure tactics on DGSE

ChinaCCP bans criticism of Putin and Trump

FranceProtection Service's ‘Mr Big Event' lands interior ministry job

United KingdomFormer head of parliamentary oversight opens up

Thailand Thai intelligence seeks to strengthen cyber capacities to counter China

Spotlight | China Hu Shisheng, the spymaster-academic behind China's South Asian intelligence strategy

China Xi Jinping puts grassroots organisations at forefront of PLA anti-corruption drive

ACP, China From the Gulf to China, the Cheung-Leong family central to Vanuatu's diplomatic ambitions

China, Europe European intelligence joins forces to shed light on Chinese Communist Party's internal rivalries

The Intelligence Gazette Counterspy heads DGSI economic unit, CIA loses China expert, Spy film prefigured DGSE HQ move, China's 'wolf warriors' return

FranceCounter-espionage expert takes charge at DGSI economic security unit

United StatesCIA loses top China expert

FranceFrench 2008 spy film prefigured DGSE's future move to Fort Neuf

China‘Wolf warrior' diplomacy makes a comeback

China Chinese Communist Party ideologue building ‘Fudan clique'

China Beijing concerned as more Chinese move to Japan

China Beijing manifests vested interest in stabilising Afghanistan

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

China, United States How US geospatial intelligence uncovered China's 'Pentagon' project

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China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Israel
Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

China
University reform under the watchful eye of security

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

China, Europe
China mandates academics to win over Europe

China
Propaganda Department reopens its doors to foreign-trained Chinese

China
French foreign minister's China visit takes shape

China, United States
Intelligence report on Chinese leaders' corruption double-edged sword for Trump

China, Hong Kong
Hong Kong's Baptist University turned into CCP standard-bearer

Spotlight | China, Taiwan
Taiwanese intelligence on watch for possible US shift on China

The Intelligence Gazette
French prison intelligence, Washington strengthens stance on Beijing, Secrecy at Pakistan's Paris embassy, Death penalty for Chinese officer, DGSE

China, United States
Chinese Communist Party looking to poach disillusioned US academics

The Intelligence Gazette
Pressure on DGSE in Africa, China on Ukraine fence, France's ‘Mr Big Event' security boss moves on, UK's former ISC chair speaks out

Thailand
Thai intelligence seeks to strengthen cyber capacities to counter China

Spotlight | China
Hu Shisheng, the spymaster-academic behind China's South Asian intelligence strategy

China
Xi Jinping puts grassroots organisations at forefront of PLA anti-corruption drive

ACP, China
From the Gulf to China, the Cheung-Leong family central to Vanuatu's diplomatic ambitions

China, Europe
European intelligence joins forces to shed light on Chinese Communist Party's internal rivalries

The Intelligence Gazette
Counterspy heads DGSI economic unit, CIA loses China expert, Spy film prefigured DGSE HQ move, China's 'wolf warriors' return

China
Chinese Communist Party ideologue building ‘Fudan clique'

China
Beijing concerned as more Chinese move to Japan

China
Beijing manifests vested interest in stabilising Afghanistan

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China
Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

China, United States
How US geospatial intelligence uncovered China's 'Pentagon' project