London needs to 'wake up' to scale of threat of spying, IP theft and interference ops by China, says senior MP

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Chinese spies will have an eye on parliamentarians who could provide information on future Government policy, with the Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence and other parts of Whitehall facing a sustained cyber attack threat.
52% : Chinese state-based actors are understood to have shown a particular interest in stealing secrets on mergers and acquisitions which could give its state-owned enterprise in China a competitive advantage.
48% : China is believed to seek out not only research and technological breakthroughs, particularly from centres of STEM excellence, but also the development of ideas, in higher education institutions, think tanks and other non-governmental organisations, which could feed through into Government policies.
45% : Parliament, Government departments in Whitehall and beyond, leading universities, the City and company HQs make the city a target-rich ecosystem for State cyber attacks.

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