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Fear driven China's technology manipulation poses threat to all

China is using its financial and scientific muscle to manipulate technologies in a manner that risks global security, Britain's top cyber spy said on Tuesday, warning that Beijing's actions could represent "a huge threat to us all."

Jeremy Fleming, director of the GCHQ spy agency, said that the Chinese leadership was seeking to use technologies such as digital currencies and its Beidou satellite navigation network.