Spotlight | China
He Hongjun, the spymaster behind the arrests of defence ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu

The Intelligence Gazette
French prison intelligence, Washington strengthens stance on Beijing, Secrecy at Pakistan's Paris embassy, Death penalty for Chinese officer, DGSE

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

FranceNew director for prison intelligence service

United StatesWhite House reinforces stance on China

FranceThe Pakistan embassy in Paris employee who knew too much

ChinaHigh-ranking PLA officer sentenced to death for spying for the US

FranceDGSE combat swimmers' ammunition bunker to grow

China, Italy
China's United Front tests influence method in Italy

The Chinese Communist Party is experimenting with new strategies to promote trade with Italy after the latter's exit from the New Silk Roads that, if successful, could be deployed elsewhere in Europe.

China
Recruitment drive for key posts at Chinese propaganda and United Front Work departments

President Xi Jinping is pressing the Chinese Communist Party to improve its capacity for dealing with the country's most sensitive issues, including Tibet, Taiwan, patriotism among students studying abroad and military-civil fusion.

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.