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The day I was tapped up by Chinese intelligence

Britain is still too complacent about Chinese influence

5 February 2022

9:00 AM

5 February 2022

9:00 AM

Nigel Inkster, a former director of MI6, has described China as an ‘intelligence state’. This was true even before the Chinese Communist party (CCP) passed laws that all individuals and organisations must help the security forces when asked. Chinese officials, party members and citizens have long been active across a broad front in advancing the interests of the CCP, seeking out political, military, scientific, technological and commercial information.

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