UK spy chief suggests Beijing risks ‘miscalculation’ over west’s resolve

Island's status and surveillance technology making China single greatest priority' for MI6

China is at risk of miscalculating through over-confidence" over Taiwan, said the MI6 head, Richard Moore, in a statement clearly intended to warn Beijing to back off any attempt to seize control of the island.

Giving a rare speech, Britain's foreign intelligence chief said in London that China was at risk of believing its own propaganda" and that the country had become the single greatest priority" for MI6 for the first time in its history.