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Xi to deploy CCP 'consultants' to Chinese businesses abroad

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, on 12 March 2026.
Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, on 12 March 2026. © Andres Martinez Casares/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP
Chinese President Xi Jinping has already created a system to mobilise academics directly in the service of the politburo. Deeming this a success, he now wants to extend the scheme to businesses, which will have to set up special research offices in their overseas subsidiaries. [...]
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