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Grandview Institution, a ‘new kind' of think-tank in PLA's orbit

What lies behind the façade of the Grandview Institute? Links between the research centre, popular among Westerners, and the People's Liberation Army have sparked debate in the United Kingdom.

Subscribers only Agencies, Defence 19.08.2026

The Agencies' Gazette
UK Chinese embassy, US riot support, GAO management lessons, Xi's manoeuvres, Franco-Vietnamese vulnerability

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

UK/ChinaBeijing strengthens London defence mission

USWashington to send riot control to Latin America

FranceManagement lessons from founder of DGSI intervention unit

China/Russia/North KoreaXi Jinping keeps military trilateral at arm's length

France/VietnamNo clearance for Vietnam-linked Ineo Defense employee

Subscribers only 22.06.2026

China, Hungary, Serbia
Beijing's Belt and Road 'militias' to be deployed in Serbia, Hungary and Poland

The Chinese Communist Party is preparing to deploy elite police units in Central Europe to protect Chinese interests. This move, which comes as tensions between China and the European Union are running high, will also serve to establish contingents to monitor and influence the region.

Subscribers only Operations, Defence 18.06.2026

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (right) attends a welcome ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, on 25 May 2026.

China, India, Russia
China seeks new BRICS+ strategy for 2027 summit

Amid ongoing disagreements with this year's BRICS+ summit host New Delhi and rising regional tensions, Xi Jinping has ordered a review of the body's objectives for the 2027 summit to be hosted by Beijing. Its new strategy will focus on multilateralism and take a tougher stance on Japan.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 04.06.2026

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a plenary session held as part of the BRICS+ format at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on 24 October 2024.

Canada, China
Chinese interference in G7 countries 'systemic', report warns

A comparative study on China's informational campaigns led in all G7 countries and published in late May, recommends the setting up of a task force to fight common weaknesses, and particularly at local level.

Subscribers only Information Wars 21.05.2026

From left to right: Linda Sun, a Sino-American, and Peter Mandelson, a Briton, both of whom have been implicated in scandals that have rocked G7 countries.

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 Information Wars, Back-Door Diplomacy 18.05.2026

The Chinese Communist Party badge on the jacket of a member of the National People's Congress (NPC).

Spotlight | United States
The discreet US diplomatic network deployed worldwide to monitor Beijing

From Panama to Japan, via Prague and Abidjan, US embassies are hosting specialists tasked with a particular mission: to keep an eye on Beijing's global activities and promote Washington's interpretation of Chinese policy at the local level.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 23.04.2026

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on 30 October 2025.

China
Xi to deploy CCP 'consultants' to Chinese businesses abroad

Chinese President Xi Jinping has already created a system to mobilise academics directly in the service of the politburo. Deeming this a success, he now wants to extend the scheme to businesses, which will have to set up special research offices in their overseas subsidiaries.

Subscribers only Operations 17.03.2026

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, on 12 March 2026.

France
French start-up Orasio readies for expansion

Founded in 2025, the Paris-based firm specialises in video feed analysis using artificial intelligence and aims to compete with Israel's Briefcam and Canada's Avigilon. Its clients include companies from the European defence and intelligence sectors.

Subscribers only Defence, Contractors 07.01.2026

China, Myanmar
Chinese spies and military moving into Myanmar's Rakhine State

Despite Myanmar's ongoing civil war, Rohingya refugees are starting to return to Rakhine State from crowded camps in Bangladesh. China's Ministry of State Security and the People's Liberation Army appear to be orchestrating the final stage of a plan to secure the CCP's vital Indian Ocean interests.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 02.12.2025

Rohingya refugees gather between the Bangladeshi and Burmese borders on 24 August 2018.

Spotlight | China, South America
Chinese intelligence seeks to redefine global public security governance

The 2025 Lianyungang conference marked an important step in China's efforts to redefine global public security governance. By proposing concrete initiatives, Beijing is seeking to establish a new global security order.

Subscribers only Defence 01.10.2025

China's Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong, in Beijing, 30 January 2024.

Spy Way of Life | Thailand, United States
At Bangkok's Athenee Hotel, US seeks to sell drones to regional partners

Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores the Athenee Hotel, where the Indo-Pacific Irregular Warfare Symposium took place amid a US military-diplomatic charm offensive in Bangkok.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 05.09.2025

France
French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

France's interior ministry is making several strategic appointments within the police and domestic intelligence. Intelligence Online reveals the details of this game of musical chairs.

Subscribers only Agencies 02.09.2025

Saudi Arabia
Former French PM Raffarin guest-star at Saudi-China business forum

The French government's current representative for China put in a surprise appearance at a workshop bringing together Saudi and Chinese businessmen and diplomats.

Subscribers only Agencies 25.02.2025

Former French PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin took part in the third Saudi-Chinese Entrepreneurship Workshop in Riyadh on 24 February.

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China
Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

With attacks on Chinese interests on the rise, Beijing is using economic pressure to demand the Afghan government improve security. But Taliban Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani does not appear to be complying.

Subscribers only Back-Door Diplomacy 11.02.2025

Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani meets Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Zhao Xing in early January 2025.

China
Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

The Chinese Communist Party wants to strengthen Beijing's position within international organisations, with the support of the Ministry of State Security. The Paris-based OECD and UNESCO are in particular being targeted.

Subscribers only Information Wars 08.01.2025

Workers restoring the roof of the wooden Wan'an Bridge in Fujian Province, China, on 29 November 2023. In December 2024, UNESCO added China's traditional practice of building wooden arch bridges to its intangible cultural heritage list.

The Agencies' Gazette
Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

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

Russia/UKRussian embassy uses Hawala payments to dodge sanctions

Vietnam/France Hanoi appoints new defence attaché to Paris embassy

United KingdomNew Westminster intelligence committee crew take over

ChinaSecond New Silk Road phase turns towards Europe

Vatican/RussiaKremlin sends back-channel message it is open to Christmas ceasefire

Subscribers only 16.12.2024

China
Xi Jinping dreams of a global private security network to protect Chinese interests

The Chinese Communist Party and the Guoanbu are considering reforming the network of Chinese private security companies abroad by giving them new objectives and priorities, starting with Africa.

Subscribers only Contractors 06.12.2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping in Brasilia, Brazil, on 20 November 2024.

France, Pakistan
From Lahore to French rural villages, a curious Franco-Pakistani business network is taking shape

An intriguing Franco-Pakistani business club is being set up between Lahore and Allier in provincical France, bringing together ex-French diplomats, business intelligence firms and Pakistani tycoons. Intelligence Online can reveal the beginnings of a big Pakistani commercial offensive in France and Europe, with potential defence contracts to come.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel 20.11.2024

The Sovereign Club was co-founded by former diplomat André de Bussy.

China, Pakistan
Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

In a bid to stem the escalation of violence against both the Chinese diaspora and Beijing's other interests in Pakistan, the Chinese ministry of state security urged Islamabad to involve the Pakistani army in their protection.

Subscribers only Defence 15.11.2024

Pakistani paramilitary soldiers in front of a factory in Karachi where, according to the police, two Chinese nationals were shot, 5 November 2024.

China
Grandview Institution, a ‘new kind' of think-tank in PLA's orbit

The Agencies' Gazette
UK Chinese embassy, US riot support, GAO management lessons, Xi's manoeuvres, Franco-Vietnamese vulnerability

UK/ChinaBeijing strengthens London defence mission

USWashington to send riot control to Latin America

FranceManagement lessons from founder of DGSI intervention unit

China/Russia/North KoreaXi Jinping keeps military trilateral at arm's length

France/VietnamNo clearance for Vietnam-linked Ineo Defense employee

China, Hungary, Serbia
Beijing's Belt and Road 'militias' to be deployed in Serbia, Hungary and Poland

China, India, Russia
China seeks new BRICS+ strategy for 2027 summit

Canada, China
Chinese interference in G7 countries 'systemic', report warns

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

Spotlight | United States
The discreet US diplomatic network deployed worldwide to monitor Beijing

China
Xi to deploy CCP 'consultants' to Chinese businesses abroad

France
French start-up Orasio readies for expansion

China, Myanmar
Chinese spies and military moving into Myanmar's Rakhine State

Spotlight | China, South America
Chinese intelligence seeks to redefine global public security governance

Spy Way of Life | Thailand, United States
At Bangkok's Athenee Hotel, US seeks to sell drones to regional partners

France
French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

Saudi Arabia
Former French PM Raffarin guest-star at Saudi-China business forum

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China
Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

China
Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

The Agencies' Gazette
Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

Russia/UKRussian embassy uses Hawala payments to dodge sanctions

Vietnam/France Hanoi appoints new defence attaché to Paris embassy

United KingdomNew Westminster intelligence committee crew take over

ChinaSecond New Silk Road phase turns towards Europe

Vatican/RussiaKremlin sends back-channel message it is open to Christmas ceasefire

China
Xi Jinping dreams of a global private security network to protect Chinese interests

France, Pakistan
From Lahore to French rural villages, a curious Franco-Pakistani business network is taking shape

China, Pakistan
Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

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China Grandview Institution, a ‘new kind' of think-tank in PLA's orbit

The Agencies' Gazette UK Chinese embassy, US riot support, GAO management lessons, Xi's manoeuvres, Franco-Vietnamese vulnerability

UK/ChinaBeijing strengthens London defence mission

USWashington to send riot control to Latin America

FranceManagement lessons from founder of DGSI intervention unit

China/Russia/North KoreaXi Jinping keeps military trilateral at arm's length

France/VietnamNo clearance for Vietnam-linked Ineo Defense employee

China, Hungary, Serbia Beijing's Belt and Road 'militias' to be deployed in Serbia, Hungary and Poland

China, India, Russia China seeks new BRICS+ strategy for 2027 summit

Canada, China Chinese interference in G7 countries 'systemic', report warns

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

Spotlight | United States The discreet US diplomatic network deployed worldwide to monitor Beijing

China Xi to deploy CCP 'consultants' to Chinese businesses abroad

France French start-up Orasio readies for expansion

China, Myanmar Chinese spies and military moving into Myanmar's Rakhine State

Spotlight | China, South America Chinese intelligence seeks to redefine global public security governance

Spy Way of Life | Thailand, United States At Bangkok's Athenee Hotel, US seeks to sell drones to regional partners

France French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

Saudi Arabia Former French PM Raffarin guest-star at Saudi-China business forum

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

China Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

The Agencies' Gazette Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

Russia/UKRussian embassy uses Hawala payments to dodge sanctions

Vietnam/France Hanoi appoints new defence attaché to Paris embassy

United KingdomNew Westminster intelligence committee crew take over

ChinaSecond New Silk Road phase turns towards Europe

Vatican/RussiaKremlin sends back-channel message it is open to Christmas ceasefire

China Xi Jinping dreams of a global private security network to protect Chinese interests

France, Pakistan From Lahore to French rural villages, a curious Franco-Pakistani business network is taking shape

China, Pakistan Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests

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China
Grandview Institution, a ‘new kind' of think-tank in PLA's orbit

The Agencies' Gazette
UK Chinese embassy, US riot support, GAO management lessons, Xi's manoeuvres, Franco-Vietnamese vulnerability

China, Hungary, Serbia
Beijing's Belt and Road 'militias' to be deployed in Serbia, Hungary and Poland

China, India, Russia
China seeks new BRICS+ strategy for 2027 summit

Canada, China
Chinese interference in G7 countries 'systemic', report warns

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

Spotlight | United States
The discreet US diplomatic network deployed worldwide to monitor Beijing

China
Xi to deploy CCP 'consultants' to Chinese businesses abroad

France
French start-up Orasio readies for expansion

China, Myanmar
Chinese spies and military moving into Myanmar's Rakhine State

Spotlight | China, South America
Chinese intelligence seeks to redefine global public security governance

Spy Way of Life | Thailand, United States
At Bangkok's Athenee Hotel, US seeks to sell drones to regional partners

France
French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

Saudi Arabia
Former French PM Raffarin guest-star at Saudi-China business forum

Spotlight | Afghanistan, China
Bumpy road for Beijing's security negotiations with Taliban

China
Guoanbu pushing Chinese diplomacy within Paris-based international organisations

The Agencies' Gazette
Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

China
Xi Jinping dreams of a global private security network to protect Chinese interests

France, Pakistan
From Lahore to French rural villages, a curious Franco-Pakistani business network is taking shape

China, Pakistan
Beijing demands Islamabad favour army over police for protection of Chinese interests