China, Taiwan
China launches ‘modernisation' from Fujian province to better swallow Taiwan

The Intelligence Gazette
DGSI, Unrest at CIA, Taiwan and the CCP, OSINT at Quai d'Orsay

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

FranceDGSI hiring diplomatic adviser

United StatesUnrest at the CIA's OSINT office

ChinaCCP's plan to integrate Kinmen and Matsu islands moves forward

FranceQuai d'Orsay beefs up OSINT capacity

China, Taiwan
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.

China, South Africa, Taiwan
Beijing applies friendly pressure to get Taiwan's African embassies downgraded

Xi Jinping has greenlighted a strategy to further isolate Taiwan by persuading African states to downgrade the island's few diplomatic representations on the continent.

Taiwan, United States
How Taipei slammed brakes on US-led private special forces project

A huge project revealed by Intelligence Online for private US military companies to train an elite unit of civilian "Green Berets" in Taiwan has been halted by the Taipei authorities.

China
Translators caught up in Beijing's drive to bring financial sector to heel

The Chinese authorities are now controlling the language used in economic and financial reports and their translations, which foreign companies rely on for their financial investigation work. Several translators have been convicted in court for not abiding by the new rules.

Spotlight | China, United States
US intel still struggling over its China strategy

As Washington's major focus, China is mobilising ever more of the US intelligence community's resources, leading to significant shifts within it.

Spotlight | China
Inspired by Russia's mistakes, Beijing fine-tunes its military strategy on Taiwan

The Chinese president convened the Central Military Commission last month to discuss Taiwan and the new direction its military strategy should take on the island, and particularly on its eastern flank, in the light of Russian setbacks in Ukraine.

China, Taiwan
Beijing puts out feelers to gauge potential foreign reaction to Taiwan attack

China's Ministry of State Security is re-launching an overseas intelligence gathering campaign to better define its strategy towards Taiwan.