China
Chinese investment banks overwhelmed by heavy-handed instructions

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.

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Foreign interference in France, Russia's 201st base in Tajikistan, Beijing snubs Marseille

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

France A draft bill to combat foreign interference

Russia/Tajikistan Moscow honours its favourite military historian in Dushanbe

France/China Beijing snubs Marseille's Euromaritime Festival

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Russian contraband, Xi Jinping delays Paris trip, FATF worries Monaco

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

Russia/Iran/Azerbaijan FSB foils contraband of Tor missile components

China Xi puts Paris visit on ice after third plenum delay

Monaco Financial market holds breath over FATF report

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.