Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online paid a visit to Le Président, an iconic Chinese restaurant in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris.
A gallery of photographs adorns the imposing entrance hall of Le Président, a historic Chinese restaurant in the Belleville neighbourhood of Paris's 11th arrondissement. Hand-picked by the owner, the images show the various political figures who have dined there. Former French president François Mitterrand was one of the restaurant's first guests of note. He visited long before Le Président was bought in 2014 by its current owner, Chen Dongxiao.
Since then, two further French heads of state have
