The US and UK have announced sanctions against Wuhan Xiaoruizhi Science and Technology Company (Wuhan XRZ) and two Chinese nationals affiliated with Wuhan XRZ for their roles in malicious cyber operations.
The intelligence leaders of the 'Five Eyes' countries have accused China of posing a threat to the world, alleging that the country is stealing intellectual property, trade secrets, and personal data all across the world.
Five Eyes countries' intelligence leaders on 60 Minutes, raised concern, stressing that China is conducting an ongoing global espionage, reported CBS News.
Hakeem Baloch, a journalist and a senior activist of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), who is based in the UK, told ANI that China has been investing heavily in the region for its own economic and military interests
Muraleedharan Nair, writing in AICIS said that the primary aim of China setting up Confucius Institutes abroad is for pushing CPC's interests and executing its bidding, rather than promoting Chinese culture and the Mandarin language, its ostensible objectives.
Included in an update to UK's strategic foreign and defence policy blueprint are plans for an additional 5 billion pounds ($6 billion) to be spent on defence over the next two years. The assessment reiterates the goal of increasing the UK's existing 2.2 per cent defence spending to 2.5 per c
During his first major foreign policy speech in London on November 28, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outlined his government's foreign policy orientation, where the highlight was China.
The Confucius Institutions, which the UK termed the "largest threat to the world's security and prosperity this century," were administered by the Hanban, an abbreviation of the Office of the Leading Small Group (LSG) for the International Promotion of the Chinese Language.
In yet another low point in UK-China relations, China has removed six officials from Britain - including one of its most senior UK diplomats - two months after the violence at its Manchester consulate, reported Politico.
The Sizewell decision has raised doubts about CGN's role in the construction of Hinkley Point in the UK's first new nuclear power plant in more than 20 years, Gulf Times reported.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian's statement comes a day after protests erupted in Shanghai against China's 'Zero Covid' policy to contain the virus.