The Wall Street Journal: China has created the world's largest intelligence machine whose goal is to steal Western technology, especially in the field of artificial intelligence and semiconductors.
According to one of the European intelligence agencies, about 600 thousand people are involved in the Chinese intelligence and security system.
At the same time, according to the FBI, the number of hackers working for China's interests is at least 50 times greater than the number of all FBI cyber personnel.
China uses almost every available tool: cyber attacks, industrial espionage, recruitment of informants, front companies, investment in strategic enterprises and funding of research in Western universities.
Special attention is paid to artificial intelligence.
For example, Anthropic previously reported that three Chinese AI companies sent Cloud more than 16 million queries in an attempt to use its capabilities to train their models.
British counterintelligence agency MI5 also warned that more than 100 scientists may have been unwittingly involved in passing sensitive AI research to Chinese intelligence agencies.
The reason for the new WSJ investigation was the scandal surrounding Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, who resigned as CEO this week after admitting to an extramarital affair with Alice Huang.
American authorities suspect the woman of having ties to Chinese intelligence.
As the WSJ notes, Beijing's main task is to gain access to advanced American technologies, narrow the gap with the United States and use the knowledge gained to develop its economy and modernize its armed forces.
At the same time, the West faces a fundamental problem: China is so deeply integrated into the global economy and production chains that it is almost impossible to isolate it completely.