Chinese state trying to manipulate tech for global influence, warns GCHQ head

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Giving the annual security lecture for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the defence and security think tank, Sir Jeremy [Fleming] will highlight digital currencies operated by central banks as one key technology, suggesting China could use it to monitor the transactions of users at home, while also using it as a way of avoiding international sanctions in the future.