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WORLD NEWS Thursday 7 July 2022
U.S., U.K. leaders raise fresh alarms about Chinese espionage

By ERIC TUCKER Beijing would “would rep-
Associated Press resent one of the most hor-
LONDON (AP) — The head rific business disruptions the
of the FBI and the leader world has ever seen.”
of Britain’s domestic intel- Last week, the U.S. govern-
ligence agency raised ment’s director of national
alarms Wednesday about intelligence said there were
the Chinese government, no indications Chinese
warning business leaders President Xi Jinping was
that Beijing is determined poised to take Taiwan by
to steal their technology for military force. Avril Haines
competitive gain. did say Xi appeared to be
FBI Director Christopher planning for that potential
Wray reaffirmed previous action as part of a broader
concerns in denouncing goal of reunification of Tai-
economic espionage and wan.
hacking operations by After the appearance
China as well as the Chi- with his British counterpart,
nese government’s efforts Wray said that he would
to stifle dissent abroad. But leave to others the ques-
his speech was notable be- tion of whether an invasion
cause it took place at MI5’s of Taiwan was more or less
London headquarters and likely after Russia’s invasion
alongside the agency’s di- Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Christopher Wray testifies during a Senate of neighboring Ukraine. “I
rector general, Ken McCal- Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI in Washington, don’t have any reason to
May 25, 2022.
lum, in an intended show of Associated Press think their interest in Taiwan
Western solidarity. has abated in any fashion,”
It also showed the extent to curity, and by ‘our,’ I mean feel abstract. But it’s real can we also add a sen- Wray said, adding that he
which Wray and the FBI re- both of our nations, along and it’s pressing,” McCal- tence saying: The embassy hoped China had learned
gard the Chinese govern- with our allies in Europe and lum said. “We need to talk spokesman said the Taiwan what happens “when you
ment as not only a law en- elsewhere,” Wray said. about it. We need to act.” issue was “purely China’s overplay your hand,” as
forcement and intelligence Officials described it as the A spokesman for the Chi- internal affair” and that he said the Russians have
challenge, but are also at- first time that leaders of the nese embassy in Washing- when it comes to questions done in Ukraine.
tuned to the implications FBI and MI5 had shared a ton, Liu Pengyu, said in an of China’s territory and sov- The FBI director said there
of Beijing’s foreign policy stage for a joint speech. emailed statement that ereignty, the country has are signs the Chinese, per-
actions. McCallum said the Chi- China “firmly opposes and no room for compromise or haps drawing lessons from
“We consistently see that nese government and its combats all forms of cyber concession.” Russia’s experience since
it’s the Chinese govern- “covert pressure across the attacks” and called U.S. In a nod to current tensions the war, have looked for
ment that poses the big- globe” amounts to “the accusations groundless. between China and Tai- ways to “insulate their
gest long-term threat to our most game-changing chal- (And then later, in response wan, Wray said any forc- economy” against poten-
economic and national se- lenge we face.” “This might to the Taiwan material, ible takeover of Taipei by tial sanctions. q

Putin’s aide warns U.S. against pressing for war crimes court

MOSCOW (AP) — A top bloody wars,” Medvedev “The U.S. and its useless 2012 when Putin shifted In recent months, howev-
Kremlin official warned charged in a long diatribe stooges should remem- into the prime minister’s er, he has made remarks
the U.S. Wednesday that on his Telegram channel, ber the words of the Bible: post due to term limits, was that have sounded much
it could face the “wrath pointing out the U.S. nu- Do not judge and you will widely seen by the West tougher than those issued
of God” if it pursues efforts clear bombing of Japan not be judged ... so that as more liberal compared by the most hawkish Krem-
to help establish an inter- during World War II and the great day of His wrath with his mentor. lin officials.q
national tribunal to inves- the war in Vietnam. “Was doesn’t come to their
tigate Russia’s action in anyone held responsible home one day,” Medve-
Ukraine, while the Russian for those crimes? What tri- dev said, referring to the
lower house speaker urged bunal condemned the sea Apocalypse.
Washington to remember of blood spilled by the U.S. He noted that the “idea to
that Alaska used to belong there?” Responding to the punish a country with the
to Russia. Dmitry Medve- U.S.-backed calls for an in- largest nuclear potential
dev, the deputy secretary ternational tribunal to pros- is absurd and potentially
of Russia’s Security Council ecute the perceived war creates the threat to man-
chaired by President Vladi- crimes by Russia in Ukraine, kind’s existence.”
mir Putin, denounced the Medvedev rejected it as The warning follows a se-
U.S. for what he described an attempt by the U.S. “to ries of tough statements
as its efforts to “spread cha- judge others while staying from Putin and his officials
os and destruction across immune from any trial.” that pointed at the Russian
the world for the sake of “It won’t work with Russia, nuclear arsenals to warn
‘true democracy.’” they know it well,” Med- the West against interfer-
“The entire U.S. history since vedev concluded. “That’s ing with Moscow’s action in Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the
the times of subjugation of why the rotten dogs of war Ukraine. United Russia party Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting
in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, July 6, 2022.
the native Indian popula- are barking in such a dis- Medvedev, who served as Associated Press
tion represents a series of gusting way.” Russia’s president in 2008-