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What activities do Chinese spies engage in abroad?

They are stealing! They also have no intention of stopping: "They want to surpass us in technology and industry."

Chinese economic espionage in the West is becoming more prevalent, according to FBI and British intelligence officials.

The Chinese aircraft that will compete with the 737 MAX and A320neo from Boeing and Airbus has finished its first test flight. Beijing proudly displayed its Comac C919 airplane and hailed it as a success of homegrown creativity. However, according to the US Department of Justice, "an aircraft created with stolen secrets from Western airlines" would be a better way to describe China's first narrow-body passenger jet.

The Chinese manufacturer Comac, which created the C919, was allegedly the recipient of data stolen from Western airlines by a group of cyberspies known as "Turbine Panda" from China.

Due to their extensive infiltration and release of the Chinese Communist Party's tentacles, British intelligence officials now assert that Chinese spies constitute a threat not only to the US but also to Great Britain (CCP).

During a joint conference in London, Ken McCallum, the director of the British intelligence service MI5, and Christopher Wray, the director of the FBI, issued a warning over the rise of Chinese economic espionage in the West.

McCallum and Wray claimed that there is a Chinese spy network in Britain that has no intention of stopping with theft as long as it enables it to surpass its competitors in technology, industry, politics, and power. They were speaking to businessmen at Thames House, MI5's headquarters.

The FBI, according to Wray, initiates a new China-related probe every 12 hours, while Britain's MI5 intelligence arm now conducts seven times as many inquiries into China as it did four years ago. According to McCallum, hostile actions are occurring on British land, and the Chinese threat is hazardous not only for the USA and the UK, but also for other Western allies.

LinkedIn is a top source.
McCallum disclosed that MI5 stepped in after a British aviation expert was twice persuaded to travel to China by a tempting employment offer he found online. The British expert was given money in exchange for comprehensive technical information regarding military aircraft after much courting and paid dinners.

Beyond that, McCallum didn't offer much more detail, merely mentioning that LinkedIn has grown to be a popular hunting area for Chinese intelligence agents. Beijing denied all of the allegations, calling them "baseless."

Chinese embassy in Britain spokesman: "They are spreading all kinds of lies about China to tarnish the Chinese political system, increase anti-Chinese sentiment and exclusion, as well as to divert public attention and cover up own shameful action. The alleged affairs they talked about are merely smokescreens."

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