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Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping brings foreign ministry and universities into his worldwide security plan

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Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Chinese President Xi Jinping. © Evaristo Sa/AFP

China's state security ministry has been pleading for the creation of an international network of Chinese private security companies but is starting to lose control of the project. The Communist Party has given the foreign ministry a frontline role in the organisation of the new network.

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