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A view of the Senate in Paris on 11 November 2022.
A view of the Senate in Paris on 11 November 2022.© Alexis Sciard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

France, North Korea
Paris court upholds forced retirement of Senate official deemed too close to Pyongyang

A French Senate official was forced into compulsory retirement in 2023 after being accused by the country's domestic intelligence service of passing on "strategic" information to North Korea. Although that case was dropped, a court has rejected the official's request for reinstatement.
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Design rendering for a semiconductor facility which Cosmico planned to build with local and Chinese partners near Khalifa Port, in Abu Dhabi.
Design rendering for a semiconductor facility which Cosmico planned to build with local and Chinese partners near Khalifa Port, in Abu Dhabi.© Screenshot from a Cosmico presentation dated 29 May 2024.

China, Oman, UAE
Chinese fab entrepreneur wooing Oman pursued in Dubai courts by ex-investor

Chao Yi-Long, who has been negotiating a semiconductor venture with Muscat, abandoned a similar project in the UAE after government-commissioned due diligence raised concerns. Last year Chao's Emirati business partner filed an official legal warning against him.
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Ma Xingrui, former secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang (photo taken on 6 March 2024 in Beijing).
Ma Xingrui, former secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang (photo taken on 6 March 2024 in Beijing).© Wu Hao/EPA/MaxPPP

China
Ma Xingrui, a carefully staged fall to protect the First Lady

The ruling against former Politburo member Ma Xingrui, made public on 14 July, formally brings to a close one of the most sensitive cases in the ongoing wave of purges in Beijing. But the indictment, limited to personal and economic misconduct, is significant mainly for what is left unsaid. The ruling signals a balance negotiated at the highest levels and confirms Xi Jinping's position of strength.
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The Agencies' Gazette
Foreign spies celebrate Bastille Day, French DNRT head honoured, Chinese advisers

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

BelgiumForeign spies enjoy 14 July party in Brussels

FranceAn honour and a new appointment at head of the National Directorate of Territorial Intelligence

ChinaIdeological training courses to prep future strategic advisers abroad
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China, Myanmar
Beijing ties cyber fraud clampdown in South-East Asia to regional support

Chinese President Xi Jinping has declared the fight against South-East Asian so-called 'scam centers' a national emergency. The issue now underpins CCP security diplomacy in the Mekong region. China has secured a formal commitment from the Burmese junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, which has led to the Chinese Ministry of State Security issuing operational directives.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing at a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on 16 June 2026 in Beijing, China.

China
As the Party tightens its grip on foreign affairs, a new guard emerges

Li Qian's appointment to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the latest sign that the Chinese Communist Party apparatus is tightening its grip on diplomatic affairs. A generation of leaders born in the 1960s is gradually taking up diplomatic leadership positions, ahead of the expected reshuffle between the 5th plenum, at the end of 2026, and the 21st Congress, at the end of 2027.

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The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Beijing.

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