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The HQ of chip manufacturer Nexperia, owned by Chinese group Wingtech, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, on 14 January 2026.
The HQ of chip manufacturer Nexperia, owned by Chinese group Wingtech, in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, on 14 January 2026. © Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters

Chinese chipmaker approaches investigators ahead of multi-billion-dollar claim against Netherlands

After its ownership of semi-conductor firm Nexperia was suspended by the Hague in September, Jiaxing-headquartered Wingtech Technology has retained Hong Kong legal counsel and sought asset tracers to identify the country's most exposed overseas holdings.
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French President Emmanuel Macron at the Choose France investment gathering, at the Chateau de Versailles, in Versailles, on 1 June 2026.
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Choose France investment gathering, at the Chateau de Versailles, in Versailles, on 1 June 2026. © Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool/AFP

Beijing snubs French investment gathering amid heated trade tensions with EU

A spat after France's European Affairs Minister called for tougher EU trade measures against China resulted in Beijing snubbing this year's Choose France investment gathering. Behind the move, China wants to ramp up pressure on Paris ahead of key meetings this month in Brussels and at the G7 summit.
LogoSubscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 05.06.2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a plenary session held as part of the BRICS+ format at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on 24 October 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a plenary session held as part of the BRICS+ format at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on 24 October 2024. © Maxim Shemetov/Pool/Reuters

China seeks new BRICS+ strategy for 2027 summit

Amid ongoing disagreements with this year's BRICS+ summit host New Delhi and rising regional tensions, Xi Jinping has ordered a review of the body's objectives for the 2027 summit to be hosted by Beijing. Its new strategy will focus on multilateralism and take a tougher stance on Japan.
LogoSubscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 04.06.2026
FN Browning Group, which controls the French hunting ammunition manufacturer Sofisport, tops a blacklist issued by Beijing on 24 April.
FN Browning Group, which controls the French hunting ammunition manufacturer Sofisport, tops a blacklist issued by Beijing on 24 April.© Éric Guilloret/Biosphoto via AFP

Chinese sanctions threaten to disrupt European supplies of gunpowder used in hunting cartridges

Beijing's sanctions on seven European defence manufacturers it accuses of exporting arms to Taiwan now threaten supplies of nitrocellulose, a compound used to make gunpowder. China's measures, announced in late April, have until now been downplayed, despite the risks they pose to firms throughout the bloc as it seeks to rearm.
LogoSubscribers only Defence 28.05.2026
Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun during a press conference in Beijing on 10 April 2026.
Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun during a press conference in Beijing on 10 April 2026.© Adek Berry/AFP

Spotlight
In Taipei's race to Washington, pro-Beijing opposition edging out President Lai

The Kuomintang leader, who has just returned from a trip to China, has bypassed Taiwanese diplomatic channels to finalise plans for a June visit to the United States. Meanwhile, President William Lai has met with refusals and silence from the White House in response to his own request for a US trip.
LogoSubscribers only Defence, Back-Door Diplomacy 27.05.2026

The Agencies' Gazette
US counter-propaganda, Triads and the DGSE, Rolling purges at the PLA, Bulgarian prosecutor's 'clean hands' operation

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

USState Department plans to boost fight against online disinformation

FranceGiovanni Falcone Prize awarded to ex-Asia specialist at the DGSE

ChinaXi's hidden message following ex-defence ministers' suspended death sentences

Bulgaria ‘Clean hands operation' for public prosecutor after defendant accused of Russian espionage acquitted
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The Agencies' Gazette
Intelligence College in Europe, Ex-CIA officer with RFK Jr, anti-Mafia force's new neighbour in Rome, French spies-turned-authors

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

France/GermanyBND official to head Intelligence College in Europe

USFormer CIA officer heads up the Department of Health and Human Services' intelligence unit

Italy/ChinaA discreet DIA branch in uproar over arrival of BYD

FranceDisagreement in parliament over censorship of ex-spies' books
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Deep Dive
Xi, the purges and the succession

From one Chinese Communist Party congress to the next, Xi Jinping has carried out lengthy purges to consolidate his power and prepare for an uncertain succession, as his health deteriorates. With the next congress set for late 2027, and amid factional jostling and the return of former leaders to the limelight, the Chinese president is now trying to keep all his options open in an unpredictable world as he prepares to welcome Donald Trump to Beijing.

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