ThinkCivics News
Join ThinkCivics+
  • Culture & Society
  • Economy
  • Health
  • US News
  • Faith
  • Science & Tech
  • World News
No Result
View All Result
ThinkCivics News
  • Culture & Society
  • Economy
  • Health
  • US News
  • Faith
  • Science & Tech
  • World News
Join ThinkCivics+
No Result
View All Result
ThinkCivics News
Join TC+
Home US News National Security

Chinese Communist Party Threat Is “Massive”: FBI & MI5 Directors

The Epoch Times by The Epoch Times
July 9, 2022
in National Security
Reading Time: 3 mins read
0
0
Chinese Communist Party Threat Is “Massive”: FBI & MI5 Directors

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray during a press conference at the Department of Justice in Washington on Sept. 22, 2020. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Leaders from the British and American domestic intelligence agencies delivered a rare joint statement on July 6, warning that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the greatest threat to the international order.

“The most game-changing challenge we face comes from the Chinese Communist Party,” said MI5 Director General Ken McCallum.

“It’s covertly applying pressure across the globe. This might feel abstract. But it’s real and it’s pressing. We need to talk about it. We need to act.”

McCallum described the CCP’s aggression as a “massive shared challenge” between the UK and the United States. He said that the communist regime is organizing the whole of China’s state apparatus to systematically undermine the West and steal advanced technologies.

“The CCP adopts a whole-of-state approach in which businesses and individuals are forced by law to cooperate with the Party,” McCallum said.

“In our free societies, we can do better. By building trusted partnerships across our national systems and, as symbolized today, internationally.”

CCP Is the ‘Biggest Long-Term Threat’

FBI Director Christopher Wray said that the CCP is the greatest challenge to the international order, which seeks to undermine the United States, its allies, and partners.

“We consistently see that it’s the Chinese government that poses the biggest long-term threat to our economic and national security, and by ‘our,’ I mean both of our nations, along with our allies in Europe and elsewhere,” he said.

McCallum said the purpose of the statement was not to demonize the Chinese people nor cut off China’s businesses from the rest of the world, but designed to specifically address the many threats posed by the CCP. These included covert theft, forced technology transfers, research exploitation, and cyberattacks that targeted virtually every sector of society, he added.

“The scale of ambition is huge,” McCallum said. “And it’s not really a secret. Any number of public strategic plans, such as Made in China 2025, show the intent plainly.”

“[They are] Seeking to bend our economy, our society, our attitudes to suit the Chinese Communist Party’s interests. To set standards and norms that would enable it to dominate the international order. This should make us sit up and notice.”

The UK government, like others throughout the world, has been the target of high-profile espionage campaigns by the CCP. Earlier this year, MI5 issued a warning that a Chinese spy had cultivated extensive ties throughout parliament, including through fundraising. Likewise, the UK also expelled several Chinese spies who posed as journalists.

The incidents served to underscore what McCallum presented as a harsh truth: that the West’s economic liberalism had failed to result in greater freedom and transparency in China.

“The widespread Western assumption that growing prosperity within China and increasing connectivity with the West would automatically lead to greater political freedom has, I’m afraid, been shown to be plain wrong,” McCallum said.

“But the Chinese Communist Party is interested in our democratic, media, and legal systems. Not to emulate them, sadly, but to use them for its gain.”

Authored by Andrew Thornebrooke via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)

The Epoch Times

The Epoch Times is the fastest-growing independent news media in America. We are nonpartisan and dedicated to truthful reporting.

www.theepochtimes.com/
Tags: CCPChinaCIAMI5
<

Related Posts

‘Preserve Your Documents’: McCarthy Threatens AG Merrick Garland With Investigation After FBI Raid Of Trump’s Home

‘Preserve Your Documents’: McCarthy Threatens AG Merrick Garland With Investigation After FBI Raid Of Trump’s Home

August 10, 2022

‘Civil War’ trending on Twitter after FBI raids Trump’s Mar-A-Lago

August 9, 2022

‘Some Third World Bulls***’ – Dan Bongino Goes Ballistic On Fox News Over FBI Raid of Trump’s Home

August 9, 2022

‘What Are Y’all Doing?’: Cruz Scorches FBI Director for Targeting Patriotic Symbols

August 4, 2022
Load More
Next Post
An Intriguing Exchange Between Jill and Joe Biden

An Intriguing Exchange Between Jill and Joe Biden

Musk’s Latest Move Might Be ‘Unbelievably Crippling’ to Twitter Regardless of How It Plays Out

Musk's Latest Move Might Be 'Unbelievably Crippling' to Twitter Regardless of How It Plays Out

Video Shows the Human Feces Students Need to Walk Through in the Progressive Paradise of San Francisco

Video Shows the Human Feces Students Need to Walk Through in the Progressive Paradise of San Francisco

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

  • Doorbell camera catches deliveryman’s unfiltered response to an Anti-Biden doormat and it’s perfect

    Doorbell camera catches deliveryman’s unfiltered response to an Anti-Biden doormat and it’s perfect

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Man Calls 911 Over Cold McDonald’s Fries, But Cops Realize They’ve Stumbled on Something Much Bigger When They Arrive

    6 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Protesters block, attack truck and horse trailer, driver runs them over

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • CDC Admits Scary Truths About Vaccine

    3 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Report: Surprising Private Message Trump Sent to Merrick Garland After Mar-a-Lago Raid Revealed

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0

‘Preserve Your Documents’: McCarthy Threatens AG Merrick Garland With Investigation After FBI Raid Of Trump’s Home

by The Political Insider
August 10, 2022
0
‘Preserve Your Documents’: McCarthy Threatens AG Merrick Garland With Investigation After FBI Raid Of Trump’s Home
National Security

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, expressing frustration with yesterday’s FBI raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, sent a...

Read more

‘Civil War’ trending on Twitter after FBI raids Trump’s Mar-A-Lago

by ThinkCivics Newswire
August 9, 2022
0
National Security

FBI agents raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla. on Monday night. Among the wide ranging reactions from...

Read more

‘Some Third World Bulls***’ – Dan Bongino Goes Ballistic On Fox News Over FBI Raid of Trump’s Home

by The Political Insider
August 9, 2022
0
‘Some Third World Bulls***’ – Dan Bongino Goes Ballistic On Fox News Over FBI Raid of Trump’s Home
National Security

Fox News weekend host Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, unleashed his anger over the FBI raid of former...

Read more

‘What Are Y’all Doing?’: Cruz Scorches FBI Director for Targeting Patriotic Symbols

by ThinkCivics Newswire
August 4, 2022
0
‘What Are Y’all Doing?’: Cruz Scorches FBI Director for Targeting Patriotic Symbols
National Security

In Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray, Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz took Wray to task...

Read more
CBO: Actually, the “Inflation Reduction Act” will cause more audits for working class
Economy

CBO: Actually, the “Inflation Reduction Act” will cause more audits for working class

by Hot Air
August 13, 2022
0

A disturbing pattern has emerged when it comes to the messaging we’re seeing out of the White House in general...

Read more
These Are The Most (And Least) Livable Cities In The World
Economy

These Are The Most (And Least) Livable Cities In The World

by Zero Hedge
August 12, 2022
0

Pandemic restrictions changed the livability of many urban centers worldwide as cultural sites were shuttered, restaurant dining was restricted, and...

Read more
Joe Biden Accidentally Stumbles Upon the Truth About the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’
Economy

Joe Biden Accidentally Stumbles Upon the Truth About the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’

by RedState
August 10, 2022
0

Perhaps because they know kitchen table issues like the economy and inflation are typically the top priorities for voters come...

Read more
The 50 Most Radical Policies In ‘Inflation Reduction’ Act
Economy

The 50 Most Radical Policies In ‘Inflation Reduction’ Act

by ThinkCivics News Staff
August 8, 2022
0

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) has laid out the 50 most radical policies in the Inflation Reduction Act. Banks, the chairman...

Read more
Facebook Twitter RSS

Brilliantly

SAFE!

thinkcivics.com

Content & Links

Verified by Sur.ly

2022

Recent News

  • Obvious cognitive decline: Joe Biden ‘back on the bike’ and preoccupied with ‘bathing suits’
  • Watch: Florida carjacker immediately regrets running from police when K9 is biting his butt
  • DOJ Begs a Judge to Keep the Details of the Mar-a-Lago Raid Secret

Category

  • Culture & Society
  • Economy
  • Editorials
  • Education
  • Elections
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Faith
  • Health
  • Immigration
  • Military
  • National Security
  • Politics
  • Science & Tech
  • US News
  • Videos
  • World News

© 2022 ThinkCivics Media. All Rights Reserved.

  • Login
  • Sign Up
  • Cart
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About
  • Store
  • Contact Us
  • Join
  • Contribute

© 2022 ThinkCivics Media. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

OR

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.