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Guoanbu

The Guoanbu or ministry of State Security is China’s principal non-military intelligence service. It is often in conflict with the Chinese military, which wants more powers, or the Gonganbu, the ministry of Public Security.

China, France
Jiangsu, Guoanbu's top spot for capturing foreign technology

The Chinese ministry of state security's use of Safran's Jiangsu site as an espionage outpost has now been exposed by the American intelligence services, with help from their French counterparts.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 07.11.2018

United States
Casey Getz, from CIA to Rolls-royce

British motor manufacturer Rolls-Royce recently appointed Casey Getz, a former [...]

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 07.11.2018

China
Chinese State Security steps up control of Peking University

Qiu Shuiping, long-serving head of the Beijing bureau of Ministry of State Security (MSS), is appointed CCP secretary at elite college.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 31.10.2018

China
Berlin and Beijing sets spying on the table

Chen Yixin, a high-ranking Chinese Communist Party (CCP) security official, and Johannes Geismann, the intelligence commissioner of the German Chancellery, [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 26.09.2018

Europe
Paris and Berlin mull barriers to Chinese economic spying

The German intelligence services are increasingly active against corporate intelligence-gathering by Beijing in Europe. Paris is keen to follow suit.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.04.2018

China
Guoanbu chief Chen Wenqing protects One Belt One Road

After a fierce battle with rival intelligence services, State Security, the Guoanbu, has been given responsibility for protecting Beijing's international mega-project.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 28.02.2018

China
You Quan, new boss of United Work Front department

One of China's biggest security services, the United Front Work Department (UFWD, Zhongyang Tongyi Zhanxian Gongzuobu) is now being headed [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 27.12.2017

China
Zhao Kezhi, a faithful ally of Xi becomes head of Gonganbu

Zhao Kezhi, a faithful ally of President Xi Jinping, has been appointed to head the Ministry of Public Security, the [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 15.11.2017

China, United States
Microprocessors: Trump and Xi dodge the issue

During Donald Trump's visit to China last week, President Xi [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 15.11.2017

China
Intelligence increasingly important in state apparatus

At the 19th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, which ended recently, President Xi Jinping set out an ideological vision [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 01.11.2017

China, Taiwan
Beijing and Taipei plan spy swap

Zhou Hongxu, the Chinese student arrested on spying charges in Taiwan in March this year, must be more important than [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 04.10.2017

Taiwan
Tension between intelligence services and government over China

Despite the number and aggressiveness of the Chinese intelligence service's infiltration operations in Taiwan in recent months, and the appeals [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 06.09.2017

China
Gonganbu's "Panda" foreign service gains ground

Growing Chinese moves to get suspected Islamist Uighurs extradited from Egypt and Turkey have shed might on the 1st Bureau [...]

Free access Government Intelligence 23.08.2017

China
Guoanbu's deathbed policing of Liu Xiaobo

Until his death on July 13, China's State Security, or [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 19.07.2017

China, United States
Shanghai SASS, the Guoanbu's nest of spies

The FBI's arrest of retired CIA officer Kevin Mallory on June 22 has put the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 05.07.2017

Hong Kong
Carrie Lam surrounded by Beijing Praetorian Guard

The new chief executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, is surrounded by an unprecedented number of high-level Chinese security chiefs. Intelligence Online investigates.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 05.07.2017

China
High-ranking cyberspace officials sacked

Chen Zhimin was sacked as head of cybersecurity at the Public Security ministry, or Gonganbu, last week. In his early [...]

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 21.06.2017

China
Tang Chao, the American and British spy killer

Following the New York Times’ revelations on May 20 (see here) about the loss of CIA sources who were arrested [...]

Free access Government Intelligence 07.06.2017

Spotlight | Asia
Singapore becoming corporate intelligence hub

At a time when a number of havens for private investigators are tightening their legislation, many in the business are turning to the safety of Singapore.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 24.05.2017

Singapore, a new hope for corporate intelligence

China
Foreign spy campaign a headache for Guoanbu officials

A campaign offering rewards to people who help unmask foreign spies is not to the liking of all State Security officials.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 26.04.2017

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North Korea, Russia
Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel
Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Guoanbu

China, France
Jiangsu, Guoanbu's top spot for capturing foreign technology

United States
Casey Getz, from CIA to Rolls-royce

China
Chinese State Security steps up control of Peking University

China
Berlin and Beijing sets spying on the table

Europe
Paris and Berlin mull barriers to Chinese economic spying

China
Guoanbu chief Chen Wenqing protects One Belt One Road

China
You Quan, new boss of United Work Front department

China
Zhao Kezhi, a faithful ally of Xi becomes head of Gonganbu

China, United States
Microprocessors: Trump and Xi dodge the issue

China
Intelligence increasingly important in state apparatus

China, Taiwan
Beijing and Taipei plan spy swap

Taiwan
Tension between intelligence services and government over China

China
Gonganbu's "Panda" foreign service gains ground

China
Guoanbu's deathbed policing of Liu Xiaobo

China, United States
Shanghai SASS, the Guoanbu's nest of spies

Hong Kong
Carrie Lam surrounded by Beijing Praetorian Guard

China
High-ranking cyberspace officials sacked

China
Tang Chao, the American and British spy killer

Spotlight | Asia
Singapore becoming corporate intelligence hub

China
Foreign spy campaign a headache for Guoanbu officials

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Intelligence Online on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

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Indigo Publications' websites

North Korea, Russia Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

Guoanbu

China, France Jiangsu, Guoanbu's top spot for capturing foreign technology

United States Casey Getz, from CIA to Rolls-royce

China Chinese State Security steps up control of Peking University

China Berlin and Beijing sets spying on the table

Europe Paris and Berlin mull barriers to Chinese economic spying

China Guoanbu chief Chen Wenqing protects One Belt One Road

China You Quan, new boss of United Work Front department

China Zhao Kezhi, a faithful ally of Xi becomes head of Gonganbu

China, United States Microprocessors: Trump and Xi dodge the issue

China Intelligence increasingly important in state apparatus

China, Taiwan Beijing and Taipei plan spy swap

Taiwan Tension between intelligence services and government over China

China Gonganbu's "Panda" foreign service gains ground

China Guoanbu's deathbed policing of Liu Xiaobo

China, United States Shanghai SASS, the Guoanbu's nest of spies

Hong Kong Carrie Lam surrounded by Beijing Praetorian Guard

China High-ranking cyberspace officials sacked

China Tang Chao, the American and British spy killer

Spotlight | Asia Singapore becoming corporate intelligence hub

China Foreign spy campaign a headache for Guoanbu officials

Refine your search

About Intelligence Online

Subscription

Intelligence Online on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

North Korea, Russia
Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Israel
Israeli cyber bounces back after NSO woes

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

China, France
Jiangsu, Guoanbu's top spot for capturing foreign technology

United States
Casey Getz, from CIA to Rolls-royce

China
Chinese State Security steps up control of Peking University

China
Berlin and Beijing sets spying on the table

Europe
Paris and Berlin mull barriers to Chinese economic spying

China
Guoanbu chief Chen Wenqing protects One Belt One Road

China
You Quan, new boss of United Work Front department

China
Zhao Kezhi, a faithful ally of Xi becomes head of Gonganbu

China, United States
Microprocessors: Trump and Xi dodge the issue

China
Intelligence increasingly important in state apparatus

China, Taiwan
Beijing and Taipei plan spy swap

Taiwan
Tension between intelligence services and government over China

China
Gonganbu's "Panda" foreign service gains ground

China
Guoanbu's deathbed policing of Liu Xiaobo

China, United States
Shanghai SASS, the Guoanbu's nest of spies

Hong Kong
Carrie Lam surrounded by Beijing Praetorian Guard

China
High-ranking cyberspace officials sacked

China
Tang Chao, the American and British spy killer

Spotlight | Asia
Singapore becoming corporate intelligence hub

China
Foreign spy campaign a headache for Guoanbu officials