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China's CCCC brings BRI from Belgrade into European Union

After more than ten years of negotiations, Chinese giant CCCC has been given the green light for the rail line between Serbia and Hungary, Europe's biggest Belt and Road Initiative project, in a deal finalised during the recent Olympic Games. [...]

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Aleksandar Radonjic
Aleksandar Vucic
Bank of New York Mellon
Belt & Road Initiative
Chen Fenjian
Chengli Zhao
China Communications Construction Co
China Energy Engineering Corp
China Harbour Engineering Co
China Nonferrous Metal Mining Corp
China Road and Bridge Corp
Chinese Communist Party
Huating Generate Electricity Co
Infrastructure of Serbian Railways JSC
Li Xiaopeng
Powerchina Road Bridge Group
Song Hailiang
State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
Tongzhou Wang
Viktor Orban
Xi Jinping
Xiaoyuan Zhang

Spymaster | Serbia
Will Serbia's intelligence chief "Father Gasic" stay or will he go?

With a ministerial reshuffle currently underway, the head of the state security agency BIA, Bratislav Gasic, has his sights set on the defence or interior ministries. But the former coffee magnate turned spymaster may very well have to stay put for the lack of a sufficiently qualified candidate to replace him.

Subscriber Government Intelligence 16.09.2022

Bratislav Gasic, Director of the Safety Information Agency (BIA).

China, Hungary
Giant Hungarian battery plant project strengthens Beijing's position in Central Europe

The €7.34bn investment to be made in the Hungarian city of Debrecen by Chinese electric battery specialist CATL confirms the success of China's diplomatic strategy in the region.

Subscriber International Dealmaking 23.08.2022

China
Guangdong's oligarchs settle in Xinjiang

Encouraged by the new governor of Xinjiang, Ma Xingrui, eight companies from the coastal region focused on strategic industries are in the midst of setting up operations in this Uyghur region.

Subscriber International Dealmaking 10.06.2022

China, Serbia
China gains ground in Serbia with new civil-military partnership model

Beijing's delivery of HQ-22 surface-to-air missiles to Serbia in early April fits in with part of a broader plan to attract non-NATO European countries its way.

Subscriber International Dealmaking 02.05.2022

China
Beijing spoilt for choice between its two maritime transport giants Cosco and CMP

Due to its increasingly tarnished image because of its ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Cosco is giving way to a second public company in the implementation of China's port strategy. China Merchant Port is gradually making its mark as Beijing's contractor of choice on Belt and Road Initiative projects.

Subscriber International Dealmaking 13.04.2022

Kazakhstan, Singapore
Singapore's PSA opens up virtual steppes to the New Silk Road

To help it to realise its projects along the strategic trade corridor between China and Europe, PSA International has mobilised its representatives in Central Asia and its partners in Kazakhstan, among them Digital Silk Way founder Doszhan Zhussupov.

Subscriber International Dealmaking 16.03.2022

China
Chinese state observation satellite slotted into SuperView-2 constellation

Following failed launches and delays in SpaceWill's satellite programme, the Chinese government has inserted a state-owned satellite into the fleet, instead of the expected fifth engine part of the SuperView constellation.

Subscriber Surveillance & Interception 14.03.2022

Spotlight | China, Russia, Ukraine
Beijing, Moscow and Kyiv locked in secret negotiations

China was caught offguard by the Russian invasion of Ukraine but Beijing reacted quickly, looking at the war as an opportunity to explore new investment possibilities there and positioning itself as a key contact in Ukraine, while also reviving the idea of a possible armed intervention in Taiwan.

Subscriber Government Intelligence 14.03.2022

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Serbia, United Arab Emirates
Serbia not fussy in choice of partners to boost national digital programme

The Belgrade government is as happy to call on China and the US as it is on the Emirati firm G42 to develop its digital and technological arsenal, largely funded by its Chinese partner. The UAE cloud firm, itself traditionally close to Beijing, has also turned westward for new opportunities.

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China
Christoph Nedophil Wang, academic promoter of China's new silk roads

With their persuasive strategy of infrastructure and new tech partnerships, the government-run Belt and Road Initiative research centres in Beijing and Shanghai confirm China's growing interest in building its position in the Middle East.

Subscriber Government Intelligence 02.03.2022

Spotlight | Argentina, China
China's hush-hush deals open doors to Argentine sovereign sectors

Beijing has landed a string of secret deals that have allowed it to enter Argentina's sovereign sectors while the United States, caught up in the Ukraine crisis, can only watch. We reveal the details of these closed-door negotiations.

Subscriber Government Intelligence 28.02.2022

The Las Lajas base, in the Patagonia desert, which is only accessible to the Chinese army.

Spotlight | Argentina, China
China using charm to get through to Argentine defence

Buenos Aires' decision to join the Belt & Road Initiative seals the success of Beijing's strategy to establish obliging relays within Argentina's state structures, starting with it defence apparatus, over the past few months.

Subscriber International Dealmaking 15.02.2022

Spymaster | China
Faithful right-hand man Zhao Leji to lead Xi Jinping's new anti-corruption drive

A former philosophy student from a family of journalists in Xi'an, Zhao Leji, now a senior civil servant and secretary of the Communist Party's central committee for discipline inspection, has been given the task of launching China's latest bureaucratic purge.

Subscriber Government Intelligence 11.02.2022

Zhao Leji, Secretary of the Central Committee for Discipline Inspection of the CCP.

Spotlight | China, Europe
China's Qualland Institution fishing for intelligence in EU

A Chinese centre presenting itself as an international business consultancy has recently been recruiting freelance strategic researchers in areas of interest to China, such as the Indo Pacific region, under the nose of European intelligence services.

Subscriber Government Intelligence 31.01.2022

Spotlight | Mongolia, Russia
Moscow makes play to maintain its Mongolian leverage

Exasperated by American attempts to curry favour with countries it considers its traditional allies, Moscow sent its spymaster Nikolai Patrushev to the Mongolian capital to ensure that Russia stays in new president Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh's good books.

Subscriber Government Intelligence 24.12.2021

Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh (left) was received on 16 December 2021 in Moscow by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

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Aleksandar Radonjic
Aleksandar Vucic
Bank of New York Mellon
Belt & Road Initiative
Chen Fenjian
Chengli Zhao
China Communications Construction Co
China Energy Engineering Corp
China Harbour Engineering Co
China Nonferrous Metal Mining Corp
China Road and Bridge Corp
Chinese Communist Party
Huating Generate Electricity Co
Infrastructure of Serbian Railways JSC
Li Xiaopeng
Powerchina Road Bridge Group
Song Hailiang
State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission
Tongzhou Wang
Viktor Orban
Xi Jinping
Xiaoyuan Zhang

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