Shanghai-Based Diplomatic Missions Inadvertently Hiring CCP Members Amid Major Data Leak The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has been prompted into action following the revelations. At least 10 Shanghai-based consulates, including the Australian, American, British, German, Swiss, Indian, Italian, New Zealand, and South African missions had CCP members working in senior positions, according to The Australian. Some have worked within the diplomatic missions for over a decade. A Chinese paramilitary police officer gestures and speaks over his two-way radio while standing at the entrance gate of the Australian embassy in Beijing on July 9, 2020. (Nicolas Asfour/AFP via Getty Images) One intelligence source told The Australian that ASIO had begun investigating the matter saying: “There’s intelligence-gathering going on.”