China
New factions: Xi Jinping's right-hand man, Cai Qi, heads powerful Fujian clique

China
China's new banking regulator enforces ideological controls

Imposing a new system of "one bank, one administration, one commission", China's new banking super-regulator SAFR seeks to take financial and political control of national banks on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.

The Intelligence Gazette
NASA/Roscosmos, DGSE, Beijing's central military committee

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring you news from the US, Russia, France and China.

United States/Russia Roscosmos to provide security to NASA officers

France Senators see through DGSE recruitment numbers

China Security bodies directly answerable to Xi Jinping

China
Xi Jinping forms new security clique to stamp out corruption with iron fist

The Chinese leader has entrusted several members of the CCP's new security faction with the challenging task of ensuring the anti-corruption campaign is strictly implemented, especially within those state structures over which Xi Jinping believes he does not yet have full control.

China
CCP's Central Party School squad work on Xi's image

To rebuild his image as the leader of the people, President Xi Jinping has been increasingly calling on two senior officials he knew from his time at the helm of the Central Party School, Li Shulei and Shi Taifeng.

Taiwan
Xi Jinping's allies try to tip Taiwanese opinion towards closer cooperation with the mainland

Chinese President Xi Jinping quietly mobilised his supporters to help the Kuomintang win the municipal elections in Taiwan.

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 [...]