The head of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service, Richard Moore, delivered a rare public speech in Prague on Wednesday, where he warned that China has been striking deals with other countries which allow Beijing to capture data on foreign citizens and national projects.
Countries which agree to those deals with Beijing risk ensnaring themselves “in a data trap” that left them vulnerable to manipulation.
“When China was selling COVID vaccines around the world, it often ensured that recipient countries would have to share their vaccination datasets with Beijing. That is exactly the kind of condition in any deal which should ring alarm bells,” said Moore, who noted that MI6 now commits more resources to China issues than anywhere else in a reflection of China’s “increasing global significance,” as well as the “crucial need to understand both the intent and capability of the Chinese government.”
In the UK’s most recent integrated review of China’s foreign, defense and security policies, Beijing was described as posing “an epoch-defining challenge to the type of international order we want to see, both in terms of security and values,” The Record reports.
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