Faithful right-hand man Zhao Leji to lead Xi Jinping's new anti-corruption drive

A new faction forms around Xi Jingping: the Tsinghua clique 

The group of senior officials gradually emerging as the new clique around Xi Jingping have one thing in common, they all attended the president's alma mater, Tsinghua, in Beijing.

Xi's network of foreign police stations expands in Europe 

Chinese police operate in at least 30 countries across four continents through a network of more than twenty foreign police stations that, as well as providing consular support to the Chinese diaspora, also conduct covert political operations.

Continental European analysts muscle into UK's China bailiwick 

In France and Germany, several corporate intelligence firms are beginning to find their place by specialising in China. Until now, British firms had cornered this market.

Ex-President Jiang Zemin's clan targeted by fresh anti-corruption campaign 

China's spymaster Zhao Leji has launched another anti-corruption crackdown to destroy the last remaining vestiges of former president Jiang Zemin's influence.

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China's CCCC brings BRI from Belgrade into European Union 

After more than ten years of negotiations, Chinese giant CCCC has been given the green light for the rail line between Serbia and Hungary, Europe's biggest Belt and Road Initiative project, in a deal finalised during the recent Olympic Games.

Leo Group chief Wang Xiangrong, China's would-be Elon Musk, launches space activity 

Wang Xiangrong, CEO of the Shanghai-based Leo Group, started out in water pumps but is now looking to make his mark in New Space, a sector dear to President Xi Jinping's heart.

Li and Zhang tasked with supervising Xi Jinping's new disciplinary drive 

Li Wei and Zhang Xuan are to liaise between security service chiefs and provincial officials in charge of implementing the wide-ranging disciplinary programme aimed at rooting out and punishing those who fail to toe the Chinese Communist Party line.

People's Armed Police commander Wang Chunning takes up seat at head of Party's discipline campaign 

Wang Chunning, commander of the People's Armed Police (PAP), has officially joined the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (CPLAC). The law enforcement body is currently overseeing a "rectification" programme aimed at rooting out corruption and disloyalty.

Intelligence increasingly important in state apparatus 

At the 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which ended recently, President Xi Jinping set out an ideological vision [...]

He Guoqiang pulls the strings 

The head of the Chinese Communist Party's central disciplinary inspection commission played a key role in Bo Xilai's recent downfall.