Late last month, MI5 warned British universities to immediately review their links to an organisation that the security service says has “very strong ties” to Chinese intelligence. The “Security Service Espionage Alert” was released on September 30 and it “sent a shock wave through the UK university sector,” according to the Guardian.
MI5’s alert said that “the primary purpose” of the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI) is to fund research “that directly improves” China’s “technical capability for espionage.”
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