China, Ukraine
Beijing's failure to get to grips with the Ukrainian crisis is leading it to seek outside help

The Agencies' Gazette
Pasdaran Unit 840, names for Tibet and Hong Kong, EU intel sharing, Novichok, Biden's priorities

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from Tehran to London via Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Washington and Lhasa.

IranIRGC's Unit 840 activated to dampen civil unrest.

ChinaNew names for Tibet and Hong Kong.

EuropeEU member states to increase information sharing.

United KingdomNovichok questions shut down.

United StatesBiden's national security priorities in keywords.

China, Ukraine
China and Ukraine's rapprochement hits road bump

After two months of negotiations and the drafting of a clarified road-map, China's President Xi Jingping has finally decided to hold off on a telephone conversation with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky.

China, Ukraine
War in Ukraine: China concentrates its diplomatic attention on Europe

Although China, Russia and America are toughening up their public positions, the authorities in Beijing are working behind the scenes to push the different parties towards their own proposals for resolving the conflict in Ukraine.

China
People's Armed Police commander Wang Chunning takes up seat at head of Party's discipline campaign

Wang Chunning, commander of the People's Armed Police (PAP), has officially joined the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLAC). The law enforcement body is currently overseeing a "rectification" programme aimed at rooting out corruption and disloyalty.

China
Intelligence officials join Beijing's new discipline office

Officials from China's intelligence agencies have joined Xi Jinping's new Education and Rectification Pilot Office (ERPO), tasked with ensuring adherence [...]