UK Spy Chief Warns Chinese Technology Poses A Huge Threat To The UK And Its Allies
On Tuesday, Britain's top cyberspy said that Chinese technology poses a huge threat to all because the country uses its financial and scientific power to change technology in a way that threatens global security. GCHQ Director Jeremy Fleming will speak on how the Chinese government is trying to exert more control over its people at home and abroad via the use of technology like digital currency and the Beidou satellite navigation network.
Author:Suleman ShahReviewer:Han JuOct 12, 2022129 Shares2.3K Views
On Tuesday, Britain's top cyberspy said that Chinese technology poses a huge threatto all because the country uses its financial and scientific power to change technologyin a way that threatens global security.
GCHQ Director Jeremy Fleming will speak on how the Chinese government is trying to exert more control over its people at home and abroad via the use of technology like digital currency and the Beidou satellite navigation network.
He insisted that the United Kingdom and its allies needed to act quickly to solve the crisis. He said that the Russian military was depleted, but there were no indications of nuclear use.
How Chinese Tech Poses A Threat?
He claimed nations were risking "mortgaging the future" by importing Chinese technology with "hidden costs" and that China was trying to build "client economies and governments" by doing so.
Jeremy Fleming says that China's approach to technological development is driven by fear of "the whole open, democratic order and the international rules-based system." This includes the country's citizens, freedom of speech, free trade, and open technological standards and alliances.
He said that over 120 nations had purchased products from China because of the country's creation of the BeiDou satellite system, a competitor to the existing GPS network. He said it might be used for surveillance or, in a fight, coupled with other plans to destroy the satellites of opposing governments.
China has suggested new internet standards to give the government more control over the service. He thought that China's plans for digital currency were a way for the country to learn from Russia's mistakes and protect itself from the effects of sanctions.
Sir Jeremy, who is in charge of the UK agency that monitors communications and the internet, has asked for a "grown-up" conversation about academic cooperation with China in the UK. Concern has been raised by the fact that some universities are working with Chinese peers on projects with military or surveillance ties.
However, he emphasized that the UK should "be extremely explicit on the areas of technology where we would demand extra precautions" before continuing to accept Chinese students. He stressed the significance of areas such as artificial intelligenceand quantum computing.
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Use Of TikTok
The head of intelligence said he wouldn't stop minors from using the TikTok app from the Chinese company ByteDance. Still, he warned them to be careful about sharing their personal information.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today program in anticipation of the lecture, "No, I wouldn't (stop children from using TikTok), but I would talk to my kids about how they think about their personal data on their computer."
The idea that there is no such thing as a free good is one that I believe should be instilled in us from a young age. We give up some personal information when we use these services in exchange for convenience and utility; if this tradeoff is reasonable and we trust the security of our information, we may continue to use them.
He advised people to take advantage of it, to make films, and to use TikTok, but to do so with caution. But he said, "Our future strategic tech advantage hinges on what we do as a community next," suggesting that Chinese dominance in the field is not a certain conclusion.
Chinese Digital Currency Influencing World Financial Institutions
He will talk about how the creation of China's central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital yuan (e-CNY), may help the country establish its dominance. CBDCs are unlike cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, whose prices can go up and down wildly because they are decentralized.
Instead, they are backed by traditional assets. As a secure means of making digital payments, CBDCs are being developed by central banks throughout the globe as a secure means of making digital payments; China's e-CNY has apparently been in development for two years, and trials of the system were recently expanded to four of the country's most populous regions.
According to Fleming, the e-CNY would allow China to track its citizens' financial activities better and help the country avoid any future international penalties. According to Reuters' reporting, the Chinese government has repeatedly brushed off similar allegations from other countries as baseless and politically motivated slander.
Final Words
Fleming has spoken up before about the dangers posed by China's rising tech power. He predicted that the West would reach a "moment of reckoning" last year in which Beijing would take the reins of technological growth.
Suleman Shah
Author
Suleman Shah is a researcher and freelance writer. As a researcher, he has worked with MNS University of Agriculture, Multan (Pakistan) and Texas A & M University (USA). He regularly writes science articles and blogs for science news website immersse.com and open access publishers OA Publishing London and Scientific Times. He loves to keep himself updated on scientific developments and convert these developments into everyday language to update the readers about the developments in the scientific era. His primary research focus is Plant sciences, and he contributed to this field by publishing his research in scientific journals and presenting his work at many Conferences.
Shah graduated from the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (Pakistan) and started his professional carrier with Jaffer Agro Services and later with the Agriculture Department of the Government of Pakistan. His research interest compelled and attracted him to proceed with his carrier in Plant sciences research. So, he started his Ph.D. in Soil Science at MNS University of Agriculture Multan (Pakistan). Later, he started working as a visiting scholar with Texas A&M University (USA).
Shah’s experience with big Open Excess publishers like Springers, Frontiers, MDPI, etc., testified to his belief in Open Access as a barrier-removing mechanism between researchers and the readers of their research. Shah believes that Open Access is revolutionizing the publication process and benefitting research in all fields.
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