(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 08 - China represents the "biggest long-term threat" for the future of the United States. The FBI director Christopher Wray said it in a long speech yesterday evening at the Hudson Institute in Washington, as the BBC reports.
"China is engaged in a statewide effort to become the world's only superpower with every half-needed," Wray said, outlining a picture of Chinese interference, from the economic espionage campaign, theft of data and money, illegal activity and corruption. to influence American politics. "The FBI is opening a new counterintelligence case for China every 10 hours," he explained. And he talked about the so-called 'Fox Hunt' program in which Beijing threatens Chinese dissidents abroad.
"Of the nearly 5,000 counterintelligence cases currently active across the country, almost half are related to China," said the FBI director, adding that Beijing is also working to compromise research on coronavirus in the United States. (HANDLE).
FBI Director, China's biggest threat to the US
2020-07-09T15:34:11.984Z
China poses the "biggest long-term threat" to the future of the United States. This was said by FBI director Christopher Wray in a long speech last night at the Hudson Institute in Washington, as reported by the BBC. (HANDLE)