The Sun
China’s spy training spells bad news for ‘gullible’ Brits, intelligence experts said.
CHINA is using an “elite” army of spies to hunt down and recruit Brits from UK unis to steal secrets, it has been warned.
Using a three-pronged approach, Chinese spies “befriend” students studying degrees such as engineering or IT and offer them glitzy trips to China – before convincing them to spill UK secrets, one intelligence expert said.
It comes after an alleged “Chinese spy” was arrested in March after reportedly passing top secret parliamentary documents to China.
And MI5 has previously warned Chinese agents may be using “sex and cash” to influence UK officials and political figureheads in an effort to steal secrets from the West.
But it’s also feared Xi Jinping’s minions could be infiltrating Britain’s universities in a bid to influence and recruit spies for the Communist regime – and steal state secrets.
Professor Anthony Glees, an intelligence expert from the University of Buckingham, outlined three steps Chinese spies would likely use to snare unsuspecting British students.
Stage One – The Hunt
With a focus on London’s top universities and colleges, Glees warned that these institutions are a good place for Chinese spies to hunt down and “recruit future members of the elite”.
Universities that have a Confucious Institute are also big hits for student spooks, as it makes tracking down those self-identifying as being interested in Chinese culture that much easier.
Students and young researchers studying subjects including telecommunications, IT, weapons development, and engineering are generally the biggest targets, Glees said.
But “naive Brits” don’t always consider the knowledge they have to be especially useful – especially to a superpower like China…
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE…(thesun.co.uk)
Home | Caravan to Midnight (zutalk.com)
