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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Martin Farrer and agencies

China more ‘brazen and damaging’ than ever, says FBI director

Chinese President Xi Jinping
FBI director Christopher Wray said there was ‘no country that presents a broader threat to our ideas, innovation, and economic security’ than China. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

The threat to the west from the Chinese government is “more brazen, more damaging” than ever before, FBI director Christopher Wray has said, accusing Beijing of stealing American ideas and innovation and launching massive hacking operations.

The speech at the Reagan Presidential Library in California on Monday amounted to a stinging rebuke of the Chinese government just days before Beijing is set to occupy the global stage by hosting the Winter Olympics.

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