People's Liberation Army

Australia, China
LaRouche's Australian followers move closer to Beijing while in campaign against ASIO

The Australian Citizens Party, originally the Australian branch of the political movement led by the late far-right political activist Lyndon LaRouche, intensified its campaigns against the Australian intelligence agency and the AUKUS agreement in 2026.

Oman
Chinese chip fab entrepreneur inflated delegation to convince Muscat investors

Businessman Chao Yi-Long is said to have invited friends with no background in tech to a key meeting in Oman in 2025, making his start-up look more developed than it was. Documents show Muscat nearly signed away $250m for his semiconductor project.

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Syria's Paris embassy, Cambodian 'researchers', China's ideology, Interpol

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

France/SyriaParis embassy still awaiting new ambassador

CambodiaNetwork of researchers to support policy

ChinaPLA's ideological training extended to others

FrancePrefect confirmed as Interpol president's new aide

China, Oman, Taiwan
Muscat's chip foundry plans falter amid doubts over Chinese links

Oman's communications ministry announced last year its intention to build a semiconductor plant in Dhofar Governorate with financing from outside investors. But the latter are said to be nervous over the tech partner on the project, a Taiwan-born entrepreneur who has close connections to Beijing but little track record in the sector.

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DIA's ongoing vacancy, re-election at French intel vets body, PLA's anti-corruption meetings

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

United StatesDIA struggles to find new head of counter-narcotics

FranceAlain Juillet re-elected head of intelligence veterans association

ChinaCentral Military Commission applies Xi Jinping's directives

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US counter-propaganda, Triads and the DGSE, Rolling purges at the PLA, Bulgarian prosecutor's 'clean hands' operation

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

USState Department plans to boost fight against online disinformation

FranceGiovanni Falcone Prize awarded to ex-Asia specialist at the DGSE

ChinaXi's hidden message following ex-defence ministers' suspended death sentences

Bulgaria ‘Clean hands operation' for public prosecutor after defendant accused of Russian espionage acquitted

China, Japan, Taiwan, United States
Beijing restricts US air patrols in South China Sea in midst of Iran conflict

The People's Liberation Army's imposition of no-fly zones in the East China Sea for 40 days, from April to early May, without explanation, has baffled experts. The move was a strategic ploy on Beijing's part but it also targeted US drone and PA-8 patrols from Okinawa island and the Philippines.

United States
US intelligence seeks to beef up space-based sensor architecture

Beijing's rapid progress and a growing number of space-based threats have prompted Washington to launch an initiative for the strategic development of space-based sensors for the intelligence community.