É notícia! É a primeira vez que um
alto responsável americano coloca a China neste patamar e estabelece esta nova
hierarquia de ameaças. E, para que não restem dúvidas sobre a credibilidade da
mensagem, é o “patrão” da CIA, Mike Pompeo, que foi incumbido de transmitir a
novidade ao mundo, aos microfones da BBC. A reacção de Pequim, pela rapidez e pelo
tom, indica que Pompeo acertou e pôs mesmo “o dedo na ferida”. Muitas novidades em Washington,
nestas primeiras semanas de 2018. O mundo está mesmo a mudar... Muito e muito
depressa!
BBC News: CIA chief says China 'as big a
threat to US' as Russia
“China
hit back on Thursday at CIA Director Mike Pompeo calling Beijing a “bigger
threat to the U.S. than Russia”... On Tuesday, Pompeo told the BBC that China
was as big a threat to the U.S. as Russia, adding that China had placed its
spies in schools and hospitals. “We see it in our schools. We see it in our
hospitals and medical systems. We see it throughout corporate America. It's
also true in other parts of the world... including Europe and the U.K.,” he
added...
Reacção de Pequim
“It
shouldn’t surprise us that a leader of the biggest intelligence service in the
world described China like this,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying
told a press conference in Beijing. China hit back on Thursday at CIA Director
Mike Pompeo calling Beijing a “bigger threat to the U.S. than Russia.”
“We
have a saying: Whatever is in your heart, you will see the world that way,” she
added.
Chinese methods vs Russian
Russian
interference has been the focus of political debate in Washington with
allegations of hacking and releasing information as well as using social media
to sow division.
But
the CIA director's surprising claim to me was that China has a more
wide-ranging ability to exert influence and more needs to be done to confront
it.
China's
reach, the CIA director says, ranges from traditional espionage (human and
cyber) through allegations it has used stolen intellectual property to helps
its businesses.
But
it also includes the way in which it uses its economic weight to influence
American companies seeking access to its market.
Vídeo BBC: Mike Pompeo sobre a China
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-42868782/cia-director-china-intent-on-stealing-us-secrets
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