China engaged in ‘whole of state’ assault on UK, report says

Parliamentary committee says Beijing is targeting UK economy, politics, civil infrastructure and academia

China's state institutions are aggressively targeting the UK, putting the country on course for a nightmare scenario that represents not just a commercial challenge but an existential threat to liberal democratic systems, parliament's influential all-party intelligence and security committee has found.

The inquiry - launched in 2019 and subject to various delays was completed in May - is scathing about the failure of the UK to wake up to the scale of the systemic challenge posed by the Chinese government's whole of state" assault on the British economy, politics, civil infrastructure and academia.