British Spy Chief Warns Of The Threat From China

Britain's GCHQ spy agency chief has warned Western countries of the "huge threat" from China seeking to exploit its tech dominance to control its own citizens and gain influence abroad. 

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seeks to use technologies such as digital currencies and satellite systems to strengthen its grip on power at home and spread influence abroad. Jeremy Fleming, the Director of the cyber security agency, told a British defence studies body that the CCP views technologies such as satellite systems and digital currencies as a "tool to gain advantage".

Fleming used the annual keynote Security Lecture at the RUSI think tank to argue China could act in ways representing "a huge threat to us all". He urged the UK and its allies to respond urgently. According to  Fleming, China is acting in ways in the technology industry that could represent a huge threat  which calls for an urgent response.

Fleming’s comments come as China is currently planning to release its new “digital yuan,” which raises fears that the country could leverage the digital currency to increase surveillance and control over its own population. 

Fleming also blames Beijing for creating “client economies and governments” by exporting technology to countries around the world, which risk “mortgaging the future” by buying in Chinese tech with “hidden costs.”

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