1/ China and the Chinese Communist Party represent the largest threat to Britain and the world’s security and prosperity this century.
Read this thread👇on how I will face down China.
2/ I would close all 30 of China’s Confucius Institutes in the UK - the highest number in the world.
Almost all UK government spending on Mandarin language teaching at school is channelled through university-based Confucius Institutes, thereby promoting Chinese soft power.
3/ I will build a new international alliance of free nations to tackle Chinese cyber-threats and share best practice in technology security.
4/ I will expand MI5’s reach to provide greater support to British businesses and universities to counter Chinese industrial espionage.
We’ll work across government and with security services to build a toolkit to help companies protect their intellectual property.
5/ I will protect key British assets.
That means examining the need to prevent Chinese acquisitions of key British assets including strategically sensitive tech firms.
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