West Faces ‘Moment of Reckoning’ Over Chinese Tech Threat: UK Intelligence Chief

Director of Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) Jeremy Fleming attends an event to mark the centenary of GCHQ, the UK's Intelligence, Security and Cyber Agency, at Watergate House in London on Feb. 14, 2019. Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images

A senior British intelligence official has warned that China’s tech growth is posing a serious threat to the security of the UK and the West in general.

Jeremy Fleming, director of Britain’s GCHQ intelligence agency, said on Friday that the West is facing a “moment of reckoning” as China and Russia increase their malign activities in cyberspace and other fields of technology.