Gonganbu

China
Is Beijing about to start marketing its online surveillance system abroad?

Will Beijing find state customers for its internet and information systems control system?

Spotlight | China
China's State Security tightens grip on universities

Under Xi Jinping's third mandate the world of academia has to comply and restructure more than ever - and first serve the goals of the Chinese Communist Party. The Ministry of State Security has been tasked to keep a watch on campuses.

France
France's DGSI domestic intelligence on edge ahead of Xi Jinping's visit

With the Chinese president about to arrive for a state visit, the French domestic intelligence service is stepping up its efforts to track down potential Chinese spies.

China, Ecuador, Serbia, United States
Intel agencies fret over Chinese migrants arriving in US via strange new routes

More and more Chinese nationals are turning up in countries where they can travel without a visa as a first step in their bid to settle illegally in the United States or in Europe. This is alarming intelligence services in both Washington and Beijing.

The Intelligence Gazette
China-Italy talks, Polish tank rearmament, DGSI's new HQ, Consensus on intel classification in Congress

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

ItalyGiorgia Meloni closes door on China talks

PolandPiotr Trytek in charge of tank rearmament programme

FranceFirst spade in the ground for DGSI HQs in 2024

United StatesConsensus on intelligence overclassification in Congress underway

China, United States
Yuan Yi Kun, strategist for Guoanbu's new US approach

Under the supervision of Yuan Yi Kun, a former researcher at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, the Ministry of State Security wants to take advantage of what it perceives as a moment of weakness in the United States.

Spotlight | China, United States
Washington ups the pressure on Five Eyes allies to act on Chinese 'entryism'

US prosecutors in New York have arrested two men for running a "secret police station" in Manhattan. They are hoping that other countries will follow their example.

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
Xi Jinping to bring PLA political commissars to heel

In his third term, China's president wants to consolidate his hold over his country's military apparatus. To regain control over the politics of the People's Liberation Army, Xi has chosen to drastically rein in political commissars, who have now been relegated to merely executing the party's will.

Spotlight | China, Russia
Chinese zero-day hunters skirt restrictions via Russian platforms

Increasing numbers of Chinese vulnerability researchers are selling their findings via specialised Russian platforms, in the context of stricter regulation of the sector in China. The emerging trend also puts China's ability to collect zero days via cohorts of disciplined hackers into perspective.

China
China looks for new recruits for its phantom foreign police stations

The new agents sent to work in China's undercover police stations in a number of foreign capitals will need to be specially trained to carry out international police investigations or have good contacts in a country of particular interest to the Chinese authorities.

China
NVWA Project goes silent as China "nationalises" cyber vulnerability tracking

China's NVWA Project for the detection of unknown vulnerabilities has given no sign of life for several months. New notification rules now allow China to collect zero-day vulnerabilities directly.