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Eighth Bureau
Institute of Contemporary International Relations

The Eight Bureau is one of the largest institutes for research on international relations, with a staff that at one time numbered over 500 research fellows. The Bureau is divided into some 10 research offices, specializing in general international relations, global economy, the United States, Russia, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the Middle East, Japan, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. One of its main objectives is to collect open source information.

The institute is also responsible for providing every foreign affairs secretary of each Political Bureau Standing Committee member with subscriptions to major English-language newspapers as well as major Hong Kong and Taiwan newspapers and magazines. Another mission of the institute is the compilation of publications issued to units at the provincial, army, and ministerial levels:

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