FBI, MI5 Heads Issue Joint Warning , of Growing Threat From China.<br />FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared with MI5 Director General Ken McCallum to issue the joint warning on July 6. .<br />FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared with MI5 Director General Ken McCallum to issue the joint warning on July 6. .<br />According to McCallum, the MI5 has <br />"more than doubled our previously-constrained <br />effort against Chinese activity of concern.".<br />According to Wray, the government of China <br />"poses the biggest long-term threat.".<br />The Chinese government is trying to shape the world by interfering in our politics (and those of our allies, I should add), Christopher Wray, FBI Director, via NPR News.<br />Wray also stated that the government of China "poses an even more serious threat to Western businesses than even many sophisticated businesspeople realize.".<br />He characterized <br />China's government <br />as "set on stealing <br />your technology.".<br />He said the hacking efforts carried out by China's government are "bigger than that of every other major country combined.".<br />McCallum stated that Western assumptions <br />about China's connections with the <br />West are "plain wrong.".<br />The widespread Western assumption that growing prosperity within China and increasing connectivity with <br />the West.., Ken McCallum, MI5 Director General, via NPR News.<br />... would automatically lead to greater political freedom has, I'm afraid, been shown to be <br />plain wrong, Ken McCallum, MI5 Director General, via NPR News.<br />A spokesperson for China's embassy in London responded to the joint statement.<br />The allegations against China by U.S. and U.K. intelligence officials are completely groundless and the so-called cases they listed are pure shadow chasing, Chinese Embassy (UK) Spokesperson, <br />via NPR News.<br />[Both nations should] abandon the Cold War mentality which has long gone out of date, stop spreading 'China threat,' and <br />stop creating confrontation <br />and conflicts, Chinese Embassy (U.K.) Spokesperson, <br />via NPR News
