Li Shangfu

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French prison intelligence, Washington strengthens stance on Beijing, Secrecy at Pakistan's Paris embassy, Death penalty for Chinese officer, DGSE

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

FranceNew director for prison intelligence service

United StatesWhite House reinforces stance on China

FranceThe Pakistan embassy in Paris employee who knew too much

ChinaHigh-ranking PLA officer sentenced to death for spying for the US

FranceDGSE combat swimmers' ammunition bunker to grow

China
China's NSA has Philippines in its sights

In order to boost its interception capabilities in the South China Sea, the Chinese army's new cyber force has turned to the country's main universities to recruit speakers of Tagalog, the official language of the Philippines.

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MEIO left out, Hezbollah ties, changes at Pentagon, purges in Beijing

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

France/MalaysiaMalaysian intelligence feels cold shoulder from Paris

FranceNo French nationality for Hezbollah-linked CEA researcher

United StatesPentagon's new data-savvy intelligence boss

ChinaCCP prepares to expel Qin Gang and Li Shangfu

China, Russia
Russian and Chinese coast guards draw closer in North Pacific

Moscow and Beijing are coordinating their North Pacific border security efforts, and in doing so are stoking the flames of Russia and Japan's unresolved dispute over the four Kuril Islands.

China, United States
Telixin blacklisting highlights Washington's crackdown on Chinese military communications

Washington's latest additions to its entity list include the ship communications supplier Telixin Electronics Technology. Its chairman, Zhu Guosheng, has significant ties to the People's Liberation Army's Third General Staff Department, which handles signals intelligence and cyber warfare.