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New ILD boss faces tough choices

Song Tao, who was recently appointed to head the Communist Party's International Liaison Department (ILD), has a number of internal and external challenges ahead of him.

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Intelligence race underway

The new five-year plan of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) places intelligence centre-stage. While the PLA will have to [...]

Subscribers only Operations 16.03.2016

Security crises aid Chinese penetration

A number of European counterintelligence services are concerned that China’s Ministry of State Security, or Guoanbu, is profiting from the [...]

Subscribers only Operations 02.03.2016

Gouanbu welcome in Bangkok

According to Intelligence Online’s sources, agents from China’s Ministry of [...]

Subscribers only Operations 02.03.2016

Jack Ma's Chinese intelligence links

Western intelligence services may have underestimated quite how close charismatic Alibaba magnate Jack Ma is to the regime in Beijing.

Subscribers only 17.02.2016

Hillary, not Bernie, gets Guoanbu's vote

Bernie Sanders is not popular with the Chinese security services. The Democratic outsider has been tougher on China than any [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 17.02.2016

OLAF shells out to China

The European Anti Fraud Office OLAF has awarded a €400,000 [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 17.02.2016

Changes afoot for Sun Jianguo

The military reorganisation underway in Beijing looks set to undermine the position of Sun Jianguo, the first naval officer to oversee China's military intelligence, or Qingbaobu.

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Canada, Gouanbu’s best enemy

Beijing announced on January 28 that it will try Canadian [...]

Subscribers only Operations 03.02.2016

Li Dongsheng jailed to please Falungong

Former intelligence number two Li Dongsheng's recent 20-year jail sentence for corruption could be a gesture to appease the Falungong, [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 20.01.2016

Guoanbu probes terrorism in Africa

At the request of the National Security Commission headed by [...]

Subscribers only Defence 20.01.2016

New counter-terrorism powers

China's new counter-terrorist special operations unit illustrates Chinese ambitions and the breaking down of taboos in this sphere.

Free access 06.01.2016

Guoanbu’s penchant for kidnapping

The mysterious disappearance in recent weeks of five people working for Mighty Current, a Hong-Kong based publisher of books critical [...]

Subscribers only Operations 06.01.2016

Peter Lilley turns to China

British Conservative MP Peter Lilley, the former trade and industry secretary under Margaret Thatcher, became an advisor to the discreet [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 06.01.2016

Spotlight | China/Africa
Erik Prince, Beijing's jack-of-all-trades in Africa

After training the counter-terrorist troops for Abu Dhabi that are now deployed in Yemen, (IOL 745), Erik Prince, founder of the ill-famed Blackwater, is trying to invent a Chinese version of the East India Co.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 16.12.2015

Secretary of Zhou Yongkang's secrets

Zhou Benshun, an insider who doubtless holds a wealth of information about corruption in Chinese intelligence circles, is the latest official targeted by Xi Jinping's "tiger hunt".

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Climate changes for investigators

Chinese officialdom has taken a dim view of foreign private investigation firms in the past, but Xi Jinping's anti-corruption crackdown has changed the balance of power.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 16.12.2015

Guoanbu loses its hackers

The once powerful Guoanbu has been stripped of some of its most strategic activities.

Subscribers only 02.12.2015

Erik Prince

Erik Prince, the founder of the notorious former Blackwater and a former US Navy Seal who now heads the Hong Kong-based services and logistics company Frontier Services Group (FSG), is now investing in African mines.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 02.12.2015

Guoanbu devours Amnesty report

According to our sources, some officials at the State Security ministry, or Guoanbu, gleefully circulated a recent report by Amnesty [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 18.11.2015

The Guoanbu

The Guoanbu, China's State Security, backed by Chinese President Xi [...]

Subscribers only 18.11.2015

BND boss Schindler's list for Beijing

Germany's BND has entered the breach that has opened as a result of the non-binding Sino-American hacking and cyber-warfare agreement.

Subscribers only 04.11.2015

Madrid a hub for Chinese migrants

In addition to the tide of migrants coming from the Middle East and Africa, European security services are also having [...]

Subscribers only Operations 04.11.2015

The Guoanbu scores against Tokyo

Tokyo said last week that a Japanese citizen had been detained by China for spying.

Subscribers only 21.10.2015

PLA International Liaison chief under investigation

The three characters that make up Xing Yunming’s name have [...]

Subscribers only Agencies 21.10.2015

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All articles - China

New ILD boss faces tough choices

Intelligence race underway

Security crises aid Chinese penetration

Gouanbu welcome in Bangkok

Jack Ma's Chinese intelligence links

Hillary, not Bernie, gets Guoanbu's vote

OLAF shells out to China

Changes afoot for Sun Jianguo

Canada, Gouanbu’s best enemy

Li Dongsheng jailed to please Falungong

Guoanbu probes terrorism in Africa

New counter-terrorism powers

Guoanbu’s penchant for kidnapping

Peter Lilley turns to China

Spotlight | China/Africa
Erik Prince, Beijing's jack-of-all-trades in Africa

Secretary of Zhou Yongkang's secrets

Climate changes for investigators

Guoanbu loses its hackers

Erik Prince

Guoanbu devours Amnesty report

The Guoanbu

BND boss Schindler's list for Beijing

Madrid a hub for Chinese migrants

The Guoanbu scores against Tokyo

PLA International Liaison chief under investigation

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New ILD boss faces tough choices

Intelligence race underway

Security crises aid Chinese penetration

Gouanbu welcome in Bangkok

Jack Ma's Chinese intelligence links

Hillary, not Bernie, gets Guoanbu's vote

OLAF shells out to China

Changes afoot for Sun Jianguo

Canada, Gouanbu’s best enemy

Li Dongsheng jailed to please Falungong

Guoanbu probes terrorism in Africa

New counter-terrorism powers

Guoanbu’s penchant for kidnapping

Peter Lilley turns to China

Spotlight | China/Africa Erik Prince, Beijing's jack-of-all-trades in Africa

Secretary of Zhou Yongkang's secrets

Climate changes for investigators

Guoanbu loses its hackers

Erik Prince

Guoanbu devours Amnesty report

The Guoanbu

BND boss Schindler's list for Beijing

Madrid a hub for Chinese migrants

The Guoanbu scores against Tokyo

PLA International Liaison chief under investigation

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Erik Prince, Beijing's jack-of-all-trades in Africa