Hu Jintao

China, South America
The CCP steps up its presence in South America ahead of Xi Jinping's expected trip to Peru

Beijing's ambassador to Lima, Song Yang, is using three diplomatic meetings in Peru to support the Chinese Communist Party in implementing Xi Jinping's plan for the region.

The Intelligence Gazette
More OSINT for French embassies, Ukraine pushes for NATO import certification, security purge continues in Iraq, Chinese Communist Youth League lines up with Xi Jinping

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Paris, Kyiv, Baghdad and Beijing.

FranceFrench foreign ministry pushes for greater use of OSINT in French embassies

UkraineKyiv wants NATO 302 form for arms deliveries

IraqMohammed Al Sudani gets rid of Mustafa Al Kadhimi's faithful security ally

ChinaCommunist Youth League lines up with Xi Jinping

China
A new faction forms around Xi Jingping: the Tsinghua clique

The group of senior officials gradually emerging as the new clique around Xi Jingping have one thing in common, they all attended the president's alma mater, Tsinghua, in Beijing.

China
Xi moves to crack down on PLA leaks

President Xi Jinping has issued a new security decree coming [...]

China, France
Nuctech eyes French airports

Nuctech, a subsidiary of Tsinghua Holding, was a noted presence [...]

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.

China
Wang Qishan in hot seat before PCC congress

With the next big congress of the Chinese Communist Party due to get underway on October 18, speculation is growing [...]

China
Xi launches hunt for friends of Pyongyang

With tension intensifying between North Korea and China, since the start of the diplomatic crisis, Chinese President Xi Jinping has [...]

China
Zhou Yongkang faces possible execution

Chinese Communist Party (CCP) top brass disagree over the upcoming [...]

China
Xi ally heads Lianluobu

The appointment of Sun Chunlan as head of the United Front Work Department, or Zhongyang Lianluobu, the political intelligence service [...]

China
Ma Jian

Ma Jian, China's vice-minister for State Security, or Guoanbu, was [...]

China
Fall of spymaster Zhou Yongkang

Zhou Yongkang, the once-powerful Chinese intelligence chief, has been brought down by his too-close involvement in the oil industry.

China
Zhou Yongkang

Zhou Yongkang, ex-president Hu Jintao's intelligence and security coordinator, is [...]

North Korea
Beijing’s Meng cosies up to Pyongyang

A figure who played a key role in persuading Kim Jong-un to back off on North Korea’s recent plans for [...]