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The Chinese Communist Party badge on the jacket of a member of the National People's Congress (NPC). © Wang Fei/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

China
Party sends experts to Global South to counter debt trap narrative

Small delegations of Chinese researchers have been deployed to several countries with the aim of determining the reasons behind negative perceptions of debt to China and seeking ways to thwart them.

Subscribers only 18.05.2026

The Chinese government headquarters in Beijing, 18 May 2020.© Nicolas Asfouri/AFP

Spy Way of Life | China
National security ever present at sites of Party archives

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous places to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online looks at the Chinese Communist Party archives, document repositories where preservation, political control and the production of official narratives intertwine.

Subscribers only 15.05.2026

US President Donald Trump is received by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, on 14 May 2026. © Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP

China, United States
MbS consultant joins Trump's Beijing delegation

US President Donald Trump, who is on a visit to Beijing until 15 May, has brought a large business delegation with him. An adviser to the Saudi crown prince has joined their ranks, alongside the leaders of major US corporations.

Subscribers only 15.05.2026

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and To Lam, the Vietnamese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party in Hanoi, Vietnam, on 2 May 2026.© Luong Thai Linh/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Japan, Vietnam
Satellites play central role in Hanoi-Tokyo courtship

A confidential call for tenders issued by the Vietnamese Space Centre sets out the future of space cooperation between Japan and Vietnam, moving beyond the customary announcements made during the recent visit of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Subscribers only 14.05.2026

Cambodia, Netherlands
Phnom Penh seeks Dutch solution for secure communication needs

Amid ongoing tensions with its Thai neighbour, Cambodia is increasingly worried about cyber-espionage and intercepted communications. A Dutch cybersecurity specialist is in talks with the defence ministry to provide a solution.

Subscribers only 13.05.2026

China, Japan, Taiwan, United States
Beijing restricts US air patrols in South China Sea in midst of Iran conflict

The People's Liberation Army's imposition of no-fly zones in the East China Sea for 40 days, from April to early May, without explanation, has baffled experts. The move was a strategic ploy on Beijing's part but it also targeted US drone and PA-8 patrols from Okinawa island and the Philippines.

Subscribers only 12.05.2026

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
UN security contract in Afghanistan, More turmoil at K2, Vantage Intel gets a new neighbour

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

AfghanistanUN poised to renegotiate long-standing security contract

IllinoisK2 loses senior Chicago investigators

LondonVantage Intelligence and Blenheim Martlet become neighbours

Subscribers only 13.05.2026

Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping's secret meeting to ‘crush the termites' in the military

Frustrated by what he sees as insufficient results from the anti-corruption campaign within the People's Liberation Army, the Chinese president summoned the sole surviving member of the Central Military Commission to urge him to get the job done.

Subscribers only Agencies, Operations, Defence 11.05.2026

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shanghai, on 30 April 2026.

The Agencies' Gazette
Rosfinmonitoring, France's GIC, Yellow Sea propaganda, US energy intel

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

RussiaEx-KGB and Rosfinmonitoring's mandate extended

FranceComputer data collection technique boom

ChinaDalian Maritime University ramps up propaganda

USDepartment of Energy's intel boosted

Subscribers only 11.05.2026

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping: a leader shaped by his troubled past

To understand Xi Jinping, one must look at his personal history: a childhood marked by purges, the legacy of a reformist father forced into exile, family tensions and financial secrets. All factors that have shaped a leader who is both an ideologue and a pragmatist.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 08.05.2026

Xi, the purges and the succession (5/5).

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping's patient Taiwan reunification strategy

The Chinese Communist Party is readying reunification with Taiwan through a variety of tactics, including military exercises, changes to visa policies, political manoeuvring and economic pressure. The island's return to the motherland may be seen as inevitable, but Beijing is less set on a deadline.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 07.05.2026

Xi, the purges and the succession (4/5).

Deep Dive | China
Disappearances, restructuring and intimidation: China's anti-corruption crackdown is cranked up

The anti-corruption drive launched nearly 15 years ago has entered a new phase: it is now being extended to the intelligence services, with forced resignations, curtailed operations and budgetary cuts.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 06.05.2026

Xi, the purges and the succession (3/5).

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping faced with former leaders

Former leaders publicly resurfacing, targeted purges and behind-the-scenes manoeuvring: this is how the actions of figures like Wen Jiabao, Hu Jintao and Zhu Rongji are shaping the dynamics of succession and power in the run-up to the 2027 CCP Congress.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 05.05.2026

Xi, the purges and the succession (2/5).

China, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand
Fresh EU sanctions target Thai-Russian strategic relationship

The EU is following the UK's lead in sanctioning Russian companies in Thailand, while sparing some entities. Relations between Bangkok and Moscow nevertheless continue to thrive.

Subscribers only Defence 05.05.2026

Moscow's ambassador to Bangkok Evgeny Tomikhin. Since the war in Ukraine, Thailand has become a strategic foothold for Russia in the Indo-Pacific.

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping and the delicate challenge of Donald Trump

The Chinese leader is preparing to welcome Donald Trump to Beijing. That visit goes beyond mere diplomatic concessions and is part of a delicate internal dynamic: the run-up to the 2027 Party congress, where Xi Jinping is focusing his efforts to consolidate his position.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 04.05.2026

The Agencies' Gazette
Intelligence College in Europe, Ex-CIA officer with RFK Jr, anti-Mafia force's new neighbour in Rome, French spies-turned-authors

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

France/GermanyBND official to head Intelligence College in Europe

USFormer CIA officer heads up the Department of Health and Human Services' intelligence unit

Italy/ChinaA discreet DIA branch in uproar over arrival of BYD

FranceDisagreement in parliament over censorship of ex-spies' books

Subscribers only 04.05.2026

Deep Dive | China
Xi, the purges and the succession

From one Chinese Communist Party congress to the next, Xi Jinping has carried out lengthy purges to consolidate his power and prepare for an uncertain succession, as his health deteriorates. With the next congress set for late 2027, and amid factional jostling and the return of former leaders to the limelight, the Chinese president is now trying to keep all his options open in an unpredictable world as he prepares to welcome Donald Trump to Beijing.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 04.05.2026

Vietnam
Hanoi's electronic warfare capabilities proving heavily reliant on Western tech

Intelligence Online's analysis of procurement orders placed over the past year reveals the Vietnamese People's Army's heavy reliance on Western technology in the field of electronic warfare.

Subscribers only Defence 01.05.2026

Vietnamese state-owned firm Viettel attended the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024, held at Gia Lam Airport in December 2024 in Hanoi.

China
Beijing co-opting Uyghurs into university jobs masking control as integration

The CCP is touting the normalisation of Xinjiang and greater visibility for Uyghurs in major cities. But at the same time, Uyghurs are being recruited into university administrative departments to discreetly monitor students from this minority group, in a practice that is becoming widespread across China.

Subscribers only 30.04.2026

Delegates from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region at the National People’s Congress in Beijing, on 6 March 2026.

Taiwan, United States
Taipei's diplomatic service enlists Forward Global and Javelin Advisors' help in Washington

The US office of the corporate intelligence firm Forward Global signed a contract to provide public affairs and strategic communications services with Taiwan's de facto embassy in Washington, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO).

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 30.04.2026

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China
Party sends experts to Global South to counter debt trap narrative

Spy Way of Life | China
National security ever present at sites of Party archives

China, United States
MbS consultant joins Trump's Beijing delegation

Japan, Vietnam
Satellites play central role in Hanoi-Tokyo courtship

Cambodia, Netherlands
Phnom Penh seeks Dutch solution for secure communication needs

China, Japan, Taiwan, United States
Beijing restricts US air patrols in South China Sea in midst of Iran conflict

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
UN security contract in Afghanistan, More turmoil at K2, Vantage Intel gets a new neighbour

AfghanistanUN poised to renegotiate long-standing security contract

IllinoisK2 loses senior Chicago investigators

LondonVantage Intelligence and Blenheim Martlet become neighbours

Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping's secret meeting to ‘crush the termites' in the military

The Agencies' Gazette
Rosfinmonitoring, France's GIC, Yellow Sea propaganda, US energy intel

RussiaEx-KGB and Rosfinmonitoring's mandate extended

FranceComputer data collection technique boom

ChinaDalian Maritime University ramps up propaganda

USDepartment of Energy's intel boosted

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping: a leader shaped by his troubled past

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping's patient Taiwan reunification strategy

Deep Dive | China
Disappearances, restructuring and intimidation: China's anti-corruption crackdown is cranked up

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping faced with former leaders

China, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand
Fresh EU sanctions target Thai-Russian strategic relationship

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping and the delicate challenge of Donald Trump

The Agencies' Gazette
Intelligence College in Europe, Ex-CIA officer with RFK Jr, anti-Mafia force's new neighbour in Rome, French spies-turned-authors

France/GermanyBND official to head Intelligence College in Europe

USFormer CIA officer heads up the Department of Health and Human Services' intelligence unit

Italy/ChinaA discreet DIA branch in uproar over arrival of BYD

FranceDisagreement in parliament over censorship of ex-spies' books

Deep Dive | China
Xi, the purges and the succession

Vietnam
Hanoi's electronic warfare capabilities proving heavily reliant on Western tech

China
Beijing co-opting Uyghurs into university jobs masking control as integration

Taiwan, United States
Taipei's diplomatic service enlists Forward Global and Javelin Advisors' help in Washington

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China Party sends experts to Global South to counter debt trap narrative

Spy Way of Life | China National security ever present at sites of Party archives

China, United States MbS consultant joins Trump's Beijing delegation

Japan, Vietnam Satellites play central role in Hanoi-Tokyo courtship

Cambodia, Netherlands Phnom Penh seeks Dutch solution for secure communication needs

China, Japan, Taiwan, United States Beijing restricts US air patrols in South China Sea in midst of Iran conflict

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette UN security contract in Afghanistan, More turmoil at K2, Vantage Intel gets a new neighbour

AfghanistanUN poised to renegotiate long-standing security contract

IllinoisK2 loses senior Chicago investigators

LondonVantage Intelligence and Blenheim Martlet become neighbours

Spotlight | China Xi Jinping's secret meeting to ‘crush the termites' in the military

The Agencies' Gazette Rosfinmonitoring, France's GIC, Yellow Sea propaganda, US energy intel

RussiaEx-KGB and Rosfinmonitoring's mandate extended

FranceComputer data collection technique boom

ChinaDalian Maritime University ramps up propaganda

USDepartment of Energy's intel boosted

Deep Dive | China Xi Jinping: a leader shaped by his troubled past

Deep Dive | China Xi Jinping's patient Taiwan reunification strategy

Deep Dive | China Disappearances, restructuring and intimidation: China's anti-corruption crackdown is cranked up

Deep Dive | China Xi Jinping faced with former leaders

China, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand Fresh EU sanctions target Thai-Russian strategic relationship

Deep Dive | China Xi Jinping and the delicate challenge of Donald Trump

The Agencies' Gazette Intelligence College in Europe, Ex-CIA officer with RFK Jr, anti-Mafia force's new neighbour in Rome, French spies-turned-authors

France/GermanyBND official to head Intelligence College in Europe

USFormer CIA officer heads up the Department of Health and Human Services' intelligence unit

Italy/ChinaA discreet DIA branch in uproar over arrival of BYD

FranceDisagreement in parliament over censorship of ex-spies' books

Deep Dive | China Xi, the purges and the succession

Vietnam Hanoi's electronic warfare capabilities proving heavily reliant on Western tech

China Beijing co-opting Uyghurs into university jobs masking control as integration

Taiwan, United States Taipei's diplomatic service enlists Forward Global and Javelin Advisors' help in Washington

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China
Party sends experts to Global South to counter debt trap narrative

Spy Way of Life | China
National security ever present at sites of Party archives

China, United States
MbS consultant joins Trump's Beijing delegation

Japan, Vietnam
Satellites play central role in Hanoi-Tokyo courtship

Cambodia, Netherlands
Phnom Penh seeks Dutch solution for secure communication needs

China, Japan, Taiwan, United States
Beijing restricts US air patrols in South China Sea in midst of Iran conflict

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
UN security contract in Afghanistan, More turmoil at K2, Vantage Intel gets a new neighbour

Spotlight | China
Xi Jinping's secret meeting to ‘crush the termites' in the military

The Agencies' Gazette
Rosfinmonitoring, France's GIC, Yellow Sea propaganda, US energy intel

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping: a leader shaped by his troubled past

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping's patient Taiwan reunification strategy

Deep Dive | China
Disappearances, restructuring and intimidation: China's anti-corruption crackdown is cranked up

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping faced with former leaders

China, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand
Fresh EU sanctions target Thai-Russian strategic relationship

Deep Dive | China
Xi Jinping and the delicate challenge of Donald Trump

The Agencies' Gazette
Intelligence College in Europe, Ex-CIA officer with RFK Jr, anti-Mafia force's new neighbour in Rome, French spies-turned-authors

Deep Dive | China
Xi, the purges and the succession

Vietnam
Hanoi's electronic warfare capabilities proving heavily reliant on Western tech

China
Beijing co-opting Uyghurs into university jobs masking control as integration

Taiwan, United States
Taipei's diplomatic service enlists Forward Global and Javelin Advisors' help in Washington