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China, Italy
Guoanbu helps orchestrate revival of Beijing-Rome relations

Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to meet Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the People's Palace in Beijing on 8 November. © Quirinale Press Office/Handout/EPA/MaxPPP

Italian President Sergio Mattarella's visit to Beijing this week was originally meant to focus on culture but is now seen as eminently political by the Chinese Communist Party. The Ministry of State Security, or Goanbu, is pushing for a rapprochement with Italy. [...]

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