FBI director calls China 'greatest threat' to US, gives details of 'Fox Hunt' programme

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director warned that China poses “greatest long-term threat” to intellectual property and ecomic vitality of US. Speaking to Hudson Institute in Washington on July 7, Christopher Wray highlighted significance of threat, saying Attorney General William Barr and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will also be addressing issues in next few weeks.

“ greatest long-term threat to our nation's information and intellectual property, and to ecomic vitality, is counterintelligence and ecomic espion threat from China,” said Wray.

FBI director said that scale of “Chinese ft” is so massive that it represents one of largest transfers of wealth in human history. In a nearly hour-long conversation on China’s attempt to influence US institutions, Wray presented a stark picture of Chinese interference to become world's only superpower by any means necessary.

“If you are an American adult, it is more likely than t that China has stolen your personal data,” he added.

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FBI opening China-related counterintelligence case

Wray accused China of working to compromise American healthcare organisations, pharmaceutical companies, and academic institutions conducting essential COVID-19 research. He said that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) believes it is in a generational fight to surpass US in ecomic and techlogical leadership but t through legitimate invation, fair and lawful competition but by any means possible.

"We've w reached a point where FBI is w opening a new China-related counterintelligence case every 10 hours," Wray said. 

FBI director said that Chinese President Xi Jinping had launched a programme called "Fox Hunt" to target political rivals, dissidents, and critics seeking to expose China's extensive human rights violations. He claimed that Chinese government wants to force m to return to China.

"When it couldn't locate one Fox Hunt target, Chinese government sent an emissary to visit target's family here in United States. mess y said to pass on? target had two options: return to China promptly, or commit suicide," said Wray.

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(Im: AP)