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China, France
Chinese nuclear officials visit research and higher learning sites in France

After visiting genomics and biotechnology research showcase Genopole near Paris last week, a delegation from the Chinese state-owned nuclear giant, China National Nuclear Corp, is heading to Lyon and Cadarache.

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New Tracfin deputy, London alerts Washington, DRM lawsuit, AUKUS, Kim Jong-un's daughter in China, Beijing's Ukraine silence

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

FranceFinancial crimes office Tracfin to name new deputy director

United KingdomSubtle warning from London to Washington on intelligence sharing

FranceCourt rejects former DRM contractor's compensation demand

AUKUSCanberra affirms wish to open cyber and intelligence pillar to Seoul, Wellington and Ottawa

North KoreaKim Jong-un's daughter Kim Ju-ae uncomfortable on China trip

China/UkraineBehind Xi Jinping's silence on the Ukraine conflict

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.