Chinese Communist Party Threat Is ‘Massive’: FBI and MI5 Directors

FBI Director Christopher Wray during a press conference at the Department of Justice on Sept. 22, 2020. OLIVIER DOULIERY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Leaders from the UK and U.S. domestic intelligence agencies delivered a rare joint statement on July 6, warning that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is the greatest threat to the international order.

“The most game-changing challenge we face comes from the Chinese Communist Party,” MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said. “It’s covertly applying pressure across the globe. This might feel abstract. But it’s real and it’s pressing. We need to talk about it. We need to act.”