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Foreign spies celebrate Bastille Day, French DNRT head honoured, Chinese advisers

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

BelgiumForeign spies enjoy 14 July party in Brussels

FranceAn honour and a new appointment at head of the National Directorate of Territorial Intelligence

ChinaIdeological training courses to prep future strategic advisers abroad

Judicial showdown over China-US data centre in Ohio

A US data centre whose main investor is a Chinese firm is at the centre of a legal dispute filed by allegedly unpaid consultants. They want the US financial regulator to dig out its files on the company in question.

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Syria's Paris embassy, Cambodian 'researchers', China's ideology, Interpol

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

France/SyriaParis embassy still awaiting new ambassador

CambodiaNetwork of researchers to support policy

ChinaPLA's ideological training extended to others

FrancePrefect confirmed as Interpol president's new aide

In Beijing, US recruiting 'top secret' electrician

The US Embassy in China is looking for a new electrician. Recruitment for this highly sensitive post will be carried out by Midi Enterprises LLC, a trusted contractor of the US Department of State.

Muscat's chip foundry plans falter amid doubts over Chinese links

Oman's communications ministry announced last year its intention to build a semiconductor plant in Dhofar Governorate with financing from outside investors. But the latter are said to be nervous over the tech partner on the project, a Taiwan-born entrepreneur who has close connections to Beijing but little track record in the sector.

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French spy's daughter and SVR, French combat swimming facilities, Hanoi and French security archives, CCP and rare earths

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

RussiaGeorges Pâques's daughter guest of honour at CIS intelligence vets' reunion

FranceFacility for training combat swimmers in hand-to-hand combat

France/VietnamGeneral Secretary of VCP seeks French security archive access

ChinaCCP wants citizens to whistleblow on unregulated rare earth mining

Canberra reviews funding for defence think-tank ASPI, Beijing's bête noire

Following a parliamentary report reviewing Australian government funding for NGO research, one of the country's leading defence think-tanks will now have to compete for a chunk of its funding. China is hoping that feuds between ASPI, government officials and the academic community will see its bête noire brought to heel.

Beijing pressures Paris over Chinese businessman arrested in France at Washington's request

A Chinese national was arrested in France on 14 April following an extradition request from the US authorities. Beijing is now putting pressure on Paris to block the proceedings.

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UK Chinese embassy, US riot support, GAO management lessons, Xi's manoeuvres, Franco-Vietnamese vulnerability

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

UK/ChinaBeijing strengthens London defence mission

USWashington to send riot control to Latin America

FranceManagement lessons from founder of DGSI intervention unit

China/Russia/North KoreaXi Jinping keeps military trilateral at arm's length

France/VietnamNo clearance for Vietnam-linked Ineo Defense employee

Paris orders Thales to halt cooperation with Peking University

As part of its export control measures, Paris has finally put a stop to further cooperation between the French electronics group Thales and the highly regarded Peking University.