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China’s i-Soon data leak exposes risks of outsourcing state spy operations to hackers for hire

Beijing is discovering the hard way, as the West has, the perils and advantages of outsourcing security to private companies to maintain plausible...

Alessandro Arduino

China is bound to become more reliant on private security firms as it expands its global economic and diplomatic reach – the challenge lies in...

Escalating provocations by the Iran-backed Houthis threaten trade and energy security, and also weigh on China’s credibility as a mediator in the...

The visit by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Hangzhou demonstrates that China wants to play a bigger role in the Middle East despite economic...