Communist Party

Europe, Hong Kong
Hong Kong builds ties with European universities to boost international appeal

As the former British colony attempts to preserve its status as a bridge between China and the West, the Hong Kong government is now looking to sign agreements with European universities, particularly in France and Germany, where it will send its young civil servants to follow intensive academic courses in public policy.

Belarus, China
Beijing ramps up soft power push in Belarusian universities

Academic collaboration between Minsk and Beijing is going from strength to strength. With exchange programmes proving insufficient to persuade Belarusian students to embrace the Chinese worldview, Belarus's universities are now working upstream to shape students' opinions in line with the Communist Party narrative.

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Albania's SHISH in Libya, MAGA diplomacy, Socialist party and intelligence, 'terrorism' in Hong Kong

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

AlbaniaIntelligence chief steps up involvement in North Africa

United StatesPublic diplomacy gains strength by drawing on MAGA ecosystem

FranceSocialist Party's new director general keeps watch on intelligence

Hong KongDissent is dubbed terrorism in Bravelight security exercise

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DGSE economic security changes, William Burns honoured, SVR reunion, Interference at French Assembly, Confucius contributes, SGDSN exit

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

FranceDGSE's economic security appoints new head

United StatesEx-CIA chief William Burns to pick up intelligence gong

RussiaVets of former USSR services celebrate with SVR

FranceForeign interference mobilises National Assembly

ChineConfucius joins the fight against corruption

FranceNew adviser on the horizon at SGDSN

China
CCP Central Committee text sets out concerted approach to economy, heralds transition

The Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party on 30 June adopted a new regulation on the Central Committee's coordinating bodies. At first glance purely technical, the text marks the first real concrete step towards a profound transition of power in China.

China, France
Sichuan delegation stuns French entrepreneurs with hasty exit from Paris seminar

Representatives of major state-owned enterprises from Sichuan, who had come to Paris to present Chinese manufacturers in the energy transition sector, left an event on Tuesday without responding to requests from their French counterparts.

China
Xi Jinping's diplomacy revamp includes authoritarian refocus

Since the start of his third term in office, Xi Jinping has led a far-reaching overhaul of China's diplomatic apparatus, which has been reinvented as a multi-faceted party force, covering climate change and AI to food safety and the international narrative.

China
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption drive targets United Front and Chinese diaspora

The Chinese Communist Party is extending its crackdown beyond its borders. Having disciplined domestic elites, Xi Jinping is now targeting the United Front Work Department and diaspora networks, discreet cornerstones of Beijing's parallel diplomacy.

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Spy training for French military, Tracfin changes, ODNI cyber centre, promotions in China

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

FranceDefence minister eyes spy officers

FranceTracfin's deputy intelligence officer changes job

USWith future uncertain, exodus at the ODNI's cyber centre

ChinaPrivate companies' promotion ceremonies increase CCP loyalty