China
Chinese intelligence celebrates success of anti-IPAC strategy

The Agencies' Gazette
SGDSN audited, UK Foreign Office cuts, Italy inspired by Viginum, Myanmar mercenaries, Solomon Islands compromises

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

FranceSGDSN audit launched

United KingdomForeign Office plans drastic cuts

ItalyRome looks to France to fight foreign interference

EstoniaBook published on ex-legionnaires' adventures in Myanmar

China/AustraliaThe Solomon Islands reach middle ground in Pacific standoff

Asia, China, Taiwan
Beijing behind Taiwan's Southeast Asia wipeout

With the help of its ambassadors in the region, the Chinese Ministry of State Security has managed in little over a year to neutralise Taipei's contacts with Southeast Asian nations.

China, United States
Washington seeks out site of China's future Malaysia spaceport

US spy satellites are being deployed to locate the site for Malaysia and China's possible future spaceport.

China, Ecuador, Serbia, United States
Intel agencies fret over Chinese migrants arriving in US via strange new routes

More and more Chinese nationals are turning up in countries where they can travel without a visa as a first step in their bid to settle illegally in the United States or in Europe. This is alarming intelligence services in both Washington and Beijing.

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.