China to Become Biggest Challenger to UK’s Economic Security in 2030: Defence Intelligence Chief

China to Become Biggest Challenger to UK’s Economic Security in 2030: Defence Intelligence Chief
The union flag and the flag of the People's Republic of China, on March 2, 2015. Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA Media
Lily Zhou
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China will present “the greatest challenge” to the UK’s overseas interests and economic security in 2030, a defence intelligence chief said.

Adrian Bird, the chief of defence intelligence, said Russia will remain “the greatest threat to the UK mainland out to 2030,” but China will “compete more directly with the UK” across its areas of interest in the age of artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

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