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Washington's allies turn gaze to Chinese 'Pentagon'

Washington's allies have reacted swiftly following US intelligence's discovery that China is building a huge military complex on the outskirts of Beijing.

Subscribers only Space 18.02.2025

China makes leap forward in space-based intelligence

With the Trump administration's paradigm shift leaving Washington in disarray, and drastic cuts looming for US scientific agencies, Beijing has been closing the gap in its space defence and intelligence repertoire with low-orbit satellite launches.

Subscribers only Space Running story - Earth observation 17.02.2025

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Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani meets Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Xing in early January 2025. © Tolo News

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 11.02.2025

How US geospatial intelligence uncovered China's 'Pentagon' project

US intelligence agencies had already discovered that China was building its own mammoth version of the Pentagon months before Western media revealed the project's existence on 30 January. We investigate this US geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) success story.

Subscribers only Space 11.02.2025

Beijing's new spy satellite orbiting over Africa is thorn in NATO's side

The media followed the launch of the Chinese intelligence satellite TJS-14 on 23 January, but did not pay attention to its final destination. It now appears that it was positioned late last week in a geosynchronous orbit that is particularly intrusive for NATO as it is in the middle of its members' constellations, including the French Syracuse. TJS is now able to gather information on these other satellites at will.

Subscribers only Space 10.02.2025

Evangelical churches in Taiwan answer Beijing's call to service

The Chinese Communist Party is banking on support from religious groups that operate outside China to help spread its reunification narrative. Beijing has persuaded some preachers to push a rhetoric of "peace and harmony" with their congregations in online workshops.

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 06.02.2025

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI and transnational repression, Signal and US diplomats in Kyiv, DGSE flooded with CVs, Xi Jinping culls bonuses

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

FranceDGSI fights transnational repression in five languages

United StatesUS Embassy in Kyiv slammed for use of Signal

FranceDGSE wades through 900 CVs a week to fill vacancies

ChinaXi Jinping pulls rug on finance, tech and defence bonuses

Subscribers only 10.02.2025

Anti-corruption campaign in Chinese military takes root at local level

At the Guoanbu's instigation, President Xi Jinping has launched a fresh corruption crackdown to quash dissident voices still present within the armed forces. He is relying on the loyalty and enthusiasm of local Chinese Communist Party units to drive his bottom-up approach.

Subscribers only Defence 04.02.2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews troops during his inspection of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) garrison stationed in the Macao Special Administrative Region in southern China on 20 December 2024.

The Agencies' Gazette
French customs intelligence overhaul, Chinese academics under surveillance, Ex-NSC exec in Columbia, China's A330 in Vanuatu

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

FranceCustoms intelligence COO moves on after role axed

ChinaCCP heightens surveillance of Chinese academics abroad

United StatesBiden's deputy national security adviser joins Columbia

Vanuatu/ChinaChinese aid plane used to test Port Vila runway

Subscribers only 03.02.2025

Chinese Communist Party broadens closed-door brainstorming sessions

The Central Party School has launched seminars meant to further knowledge sharing between researchers and members of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee.

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 30.01.2025

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Chinese firm behind hacking operations against Uyghurs and Tibetans unveiled

Intelligence Online has established a link between a Chinese public security ministry contractor and recent IT hacking operations carried out in China and abroad against the two minorities, reviled by China.

Free access Cybersecurity 29.01.2025

Pro-Tibet demonstrators taking part in a protest against the persecution of the Uyghurs, Paris, 3 December 2022.

Xi Jinping swithering about Moscow's Victory Day invitation

Intelligence Online can reveal that Vladimir Putin has invited the Chinese leader to take part in Russia's Victory Day celebrations on 9 May. Beijing is hesitating about taking up that invitation, however, as it tries to gauge the intentions of the White House's new occupant.

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 28.01.2025

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on 24 October 2024.

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Beijing-Moscow relations sour as Chinese recruits die in Ukraine

At least 10 Chinese fighters are known to have been killed in Ukraine, but Beijing believes its nationals have joined Russia's regular armed forces and militias by the hundreds. Intelligence Online takes an inside look at the networks straining China-Russia relations.

Subscribers only Defence 27.01.2025

(From left to right) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 5 February 2020.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE execs get Legion of Honour, Taiwan seeks out CCP, French MPs report on foreign interference, French interior ministry's 'Minority Report'

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

FranceDGSE executives awarded highest honours

Taiwan/ChinaTaipei wants to maintain contact with CCP to gauge Xi Jinping's intentions

FranceMPs reports on foreign interference stacking up

FranceFlash ‘Minority Report' in hands of new interior minister Bruno Retailleau

Subscribers only 27.01.2025

Beijing scouts for cyber talent at hackathons

The Chinese Communist Party and its Ministry of State Security want to hire more cyber experts able to detect potential social unrest hotspots online. Hackathons are proving to be useful places to find the talent needed for such a delicate task.

Subscribers only Contractors 24.01.2025

The Cyberspace Administration of China which organises hackathons with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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Chinese army-linked Beihang University weaves its web in France

Beihang University, which specialises in aeronautics and works closely with the Chinese defence industry, is increasingly targeting French academia. Intelligence Online reveals its latest incursions into France - moves the DGSI is monitoring closely.

Subscribers only Defence 23.01.2025

A general view of the Chinese-French aviation school at Beihang University in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on 29 May 2023.

The Agencies' Gazette
French PM's intelligence decider, Indonesia strategist in Paris, Campus Cyber, China/Russia media cooperation, DNI and climate change

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

FranceFrench PMs' decision maker on intelligence-gathering

IndonesiaMilitary intelligence strategist arrives in Paris

FranceVan den Berghe receives honour in front of cyber elite

ChinaBeijing seeks greater control of Russian media narrative in Global South through teamwork

United StatesDirector of National Intelligence concerned about climate change under Trump

Subscribers only 20.01.2025

Guoanbu puts youth at heart of Taiwan strategy

China's model of using tourism, cultural events and investments to forge connections in Taiwan also enables the Ministry of State Security to target recruitable young Taiwanese as it hones its reunification strategy.

Subscribers only Operations 16.01.2025

Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing.

China's Xi looking for cyber recruits to spot unrest in the provinces

The Chinese Communist Party is on a recruitment drive to find more officials with cyber skills. Xi Jinping aims to keep tighter control over messaging services and ensure he gets early warning of social unrest in the provinces.

Subscribers only Agencies 15.01.2025

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

LondonGordon Rainey joins GMTL

ParisConsors Intelligence picks Marc Martinez as new GM

Washington/YerevanEx-Armenian finance minister's family under DoJ probe hires help

London Hakluyt's cyber specialists exodus

BeijingHas the crackdown on corruption in the finance sector run its course?

Subscribers only 15.01.2025

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Washington intelligence effort targets China in fight against fentanyl trafficking

By setting up a joint task force to combat the trafficking of synthetic opioids, Congress is aiming to tackle China's role in what amounts to a major public health crisis and a rare subject of consensus in Washington.

Subscribers only Operations 14.01.2025

US Representative Dan Newhouse is introducing a bill to create a joint task force to fight international synthetic-drug trafficking.

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Moscow's Chinese recruits strain relations with Beijing

The Russian military is no longer refraining from recruiting Chinese migrants to staff its support bases. Beijing is not pleased.

Subscribers only Defence 13.01.2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his chief of staff, General Valery Gerasimov, in Moscow on 16 December 2024.

DGSI's amended note on Chinese firm helps secure rejection of appeal over refused visa

The administrative court of Nantes has upheld a visa refusal for the head of China Jushi's French subsidiary. The refusal was based on a note from France's domestic intelligence service that was torn to pieces by the individual's defence team before being revised by the service.

Subscribers only Operations 13.01.2025

In early December last year, the administrative court in the French city of Nantes upheld a visa refusal for the head of China Jushi's French subsidiary.

Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

The Chinese Communist Party wants to strengthen Beijing's position within international organisations, with the support of the Ministry of State Security. The Paris-based OECD and UNESCO are in particular being targeted.

Subscribers only Information wars 08.01.2025

Workers restoring the roof of the wooden Wan'an Bridge in Fujian Province, China, on 29 November 2023. In December 2024, UNESCO added China's traditional practice of building wooden arch bridges to its intangible cultural heritage list.

Chinese ambassador in Paris manoeuvres to rally academics to his cause

In making overtures to Chinese student associations in France, Ambassador Lu Shaye has been seeking to re-establish a network of academics who are not firmly opposed to Beijing. He will be handing his new contact list on to his successor.

Subscribers only Back-door diplomacy 07.01.2025

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All articles - China

Washington's allies turn gaze to Chinese 'Pentagon'

China makes leap forward in space-based intelligence

Spotlight Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

How US geospatial intelligence uncovered China's 'Pentagon' project

Beijing's new spy satellite orbiting over Africa is thorn in NATO's side

Evangelical churches in Taiwan answer Beijing's call to service

The Agencies' Gazette DGSI and transnational repression, Signal and US diplomats in Kyiv, DGSE flooded with CVs, Xi Jinping culls bonuses

FranceDGSI fights transnational repression in five languages

United StatesUS Embassy in Kyiv slammed for use of Signal

FranceDGSE wades through 900 CVs a week to fill vacancies

ChinaXi Jinping pulls rug on finance, tech and defence bonuses

Anti-corruption campaign in Chinese military takes root at local level

The Agencies' Gazette French customs intelligence overhaul, Chinese academics under surveillance, Ex-NSC exec in Columbia, China's A330 in Vanuatu

FranceCustoms intelligence COO moves on after role axed

ChinaCCP heightens surveillance of Chinese academics abroad

United StatesBiden's deputy national security adviser joins Columbia

Vanuatu/ChinaChinese aid plane used to test Port Vila runway

Chinese Communist Party broadens closed-door brainstorming sessions

Spotlight Chinese firm behind hacking operations against Uyghurs and Tibetans unveiled

Xi Jinping swithering about Moscow's Victory Day invitation

Spotlight Beijing-Moscow relations sour as Chinese recruits die in Ukraine

The Agencies' Gazette DGSE execs get Legion of Honour, Taiwan seeks out CCP, French MPs report on foreign interference, French interior ministry's 'Minority Report'

FranceDGSE executives awarded highest honours

Taiwan/ChinaTaipei wants to maintain contact with CCP to gauge Xi Jinping's intentions

FranceMPs reports on foreign interference stacking up

FranceFlash ‘Minority Report' in hands of new interior minister Bruno Retailleau

Beijing scouts for cyber talent at hackathons

Spotlight Chinese army-linked Beihang University weaves its web in France

The Agencies' Gazette French PM's intelligence decider, Indonesia strategist in Paris, Campus Cyber, China/Russia media cooperation, DNI and climate change

FranceFrench PMs' decision maker on intelligence-gathering

IndonesiaMilitary intelligence strategist arrives in Paris

FranceVan den Berghe receives honour in front of cyber elite

ChinaBeijing seeks greater control of Russian media narrative in Global South through teamwork

United StatesDirector of National Intelligence concerned about climate change under Trump

Guoanbu puts youth at heart of Taiwan strategy

China's Xi looking for cyber recruits to spot unrest in the provinces

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

LondonGordon Rainey joins GMTL

ParisConsors Intelligence picks Marc Martinez as new GM

Washington/YerevanEx-Armenian finance minister's family under DoJ probe hires help

London Hakluyt's cyber specialists exodus

BeijingHas the crackdown on corruption in the finance sector run its course?

Spotlight Washington intelligence effort targets China in fight against fentanyl trafficking

Spotlight Moscow's Chinese recruits strain relations with Beijing

DGSI's amended note on Chinese firm helps secure rejection of appeal over refused visa

Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

Chinese ambassador in Paris manoeuvres to rally academics to his cause

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Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSI and transnational repression, Signal and US diplomats in Kyiv, DGSE flooded with CVs, Xi Jinping culls bonuses

The Agencies' Gazette
French customs intelligence overhaul, Chinese academics under surveillance, Ex-NSC exec in Columbia, China's A330 in Vanuatu

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Chinese firm behind hacking operations against Uyghurs and Tibetans unveiled

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Beijing-Moscow relations sour as Chinese recruits die in Ukraine

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE execs get Legion of Honour, Taiwan seeks out CCP, French MPs report on foreign interference, French interior ministry's 'Minority Report'

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Chinese army-linked Beihang University weaves its web in France

The Agencies' Gazette
French PM's intelligence decider, Indonesia strategist in Paris, Campus Cyber, China/Russia media cooperation, DNI and climate change

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
GMTL, Consors Intelligence, US-Armenian probe, Hakluyt staff losses, finance corruption crackdown in China

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Washington intelligence effort targets China in fight against fentanyl trafficking

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Moscow's Chinese recruits strain relations with Beijing