FBI director: China is ‘greatest threat’ to US
The director of the FBI Christopher Wray has said that acts of espionage and theft by China's government pose the "greatest long-term threat" to the future of the US.Wray said China had begun targeting Chinese nationals living abroad, coercing their return, and was working to compromise US coronavirus research."The stakes could not be higher," Wray said adding that China is engaged in a whole-of-state effort to become the world's only superpower by any means necessary.In a nearly hour-long speech on July 7, Wray outlined a stark picture of Chinese interference, a far-reaching campaign of economic espionage, data and monetary theft and illegal political activities, using bribery and blackmail to influence US policy."We've now reached a point where the FBI is now opening a new China-related ...