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Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping calls emergency audit of Chinese assimilation policy

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, 20 August 2025.
Chinese President Xi Jinping in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, 20 August 2025. © Yan Yan/Xinhua via AFP

Cracks are starting to show in the facade of the ethnic unity proclaimed by the Chinese president. From mistrust of the Hong Kong political establishment to the violent suppression of riots in Tibet, Beijing's model of forced assimilation is showing its limits.

Deep Dive | France
Former French spy chief sets off on quest to save the DGSE war chest

Part 2 The DGSE's cursed treasure (2/4).
The DGSE's cursed treasure (2/4). © Stéphane Oiry

The DGSE's cursed treasure (2/4) – A fund set up in the wake of the two world wars, to finance a government in exile if France were again occupied, eventually became a curse. This second episode recounts the never-before-told story of Alain Juillet's attempt to extract the intelligence service from the perilous situation it had got itself into.

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