Britain's science sector has been compromised by 'malign Chinese Communist influence'10 Dec 2021 14:24
Ex-MI6 chief Richard Dearlove says Britain's science sector has been compromised by 'malign Chinese Communist influence' which is why it parroted China's party line that Covid did NOT leak from a Wuhan lab
December 9, 2021 by Katie Weston For Mailonline
Ex-MI6 boss said UK universities have become dependent on Chinese funding
He raised concerns on whether Britain echoed China's 'information campaign'
Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) is laboratory at the centre of alleged cover-up
China has repeatedly insisted the virus spilled naturally into humans from bats
Britain's science sector has been compromised by a 'malign Chinese communist influence' and so parroted China's party line that Covid did not leak from a lab in Wuhan, according to an ex-MI6 chief.
Sir Richard Dearlove, head of the intelligence service from 1999 to 2004, believes many universities in the UK have become dependent on Chinese funding over the past two decades.
While urging institutions to take 'greater steps to protect intellectual property', he expressed concern over the extent to which Britain echoed a potential 'information' campaign from China following the coronavirus outbreak in December 2019.
Since China alerted the world to a mysterious virus circulating in Wuhan in December 2019, a debate has been raging over its true source.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which specialises in manipulating dangerous coronaviruses, is the high-security laboratory at the centre of an alleged cover-up.
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