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Researchers work above a CGTRI research facility while a hidden visual link connects the institution to China’s Ministry of State Security

China Paid UK Academics to Build Its Spy Tradecraft

MI5 named a Chinese front that funded more than 100 UK academics to build AI and espionage tradecraft for the Ministry of State Security. No breach, no malware, just a grant. China did not hack the research. It bought it, and many academics never knew who was behind it.

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