FBI Chief Says China Is Trying to 'Steal Their Way' to Economic Dominance

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FBI Chief Says China Is Trying to 'Steal Their Way' to Economic Dominance
By Steven T. Dennis / Bloomberg 5:10 AM EDT

FBI Director Christopher Wray told senators that China is engaging in a sweeping effort to steal its way to economic dominance, with more than 1,000 investigations underway on intellectual property theft “almost all leading back to China.”

“There is no country that poses a more severe counterintelligence threat to this country right now than China,” Wray told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. China is trying to “steal their way up the economic ladder at our expense,” he said.

“It is a threat that’s deep and diverse and wide and vexing,” Wray said. “It affects basically every industry in this country.”

Read more at: https://time.com/5633390/fbi-christopher-wray-china-counterintelligence/