China
Xi Jinping buoys security with new right-hand man Wang Xiaohong

China
Xi Jinping forms new security clique to stamp out corruption with iron fist

The Chinese leader has entrusted several members of the CCP's new security faction with the challenging task of ensuring the anti-corruption campaign is strictly implemented, especially within those state structures over which Xi Jinping believes he does not yet have full control.

China
Xi Jinping to bring PLA political commissars to heel

In his third term, China's president wants to consolidate his hold over his country's military apparatus. To regain control over the politics of the People's Liberation Army, Xi has chosen to drastically rein in political commissars, who have now been relegated to merely executing the party's will.

China
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.

China
Princelings' family interests under scrutiny ahead of CCP Congress

In the lead up to the Chinese Communist Party's 20th National Congress at the end of the year, President Xi Jinping has ramped up his anti-corruption crackdown on officials likely to hold key positions in the next term.

Australia, China
Canberra seeks new security accommodation with China

Australia's incoming government, which includes several "Sino-compatible" figures, is trying out a warmer approach to relations with Beijing. The security architecture of the entire Indo-Pacific region is at stake.

China, Vatican
Vatican's secret diplomacy clashes with internal tensions in Beijing

After the Hong Kong cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun's brief arrest on 11 May, what remains of any domestic opposition to the Chinese Communist Party has taken another swipe at the China's talks with the Vatican so dear to President Xi Jinping.

China
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.

The Intelligence Gazette
GCHQ's cyber academy, Kochavi in Manama, Li Keqiang's succession, DGSI training

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Beijing via Manama and Paris.

ChinaXi Jinping's PM choices both from security world

United KingdomMoD staffs new Defence Cyber Academy

FranceDGSI to oversee inter-service intelligence training

Israel/BahrainTel Aviv seals security deal with Manama

FrancePro digital sovereignty lobby headed by former Huawei consultant