Ćîna ingejd in ‘hol v stet’ asōlt on YC, rport sz
Transcription of a Guardian report of 13 July 2023
Parḷmntri cmiti sz Bêźñ z tarġtñ YC icoṇmi, poḷtics, sivl infṛstrucćr n ac̣dīmia
Ʈrzde, 13 Jul 2023
Ćîna’z stet insttyśnz r agresivli tarġtñ ɖ YC, ptñ ɖ cuntri on cors fr a nîtmer s’nario ɖt repriznts nt jst a cmrśl ćalinj bt an xistnśl ʈret t libṛl deṃcratic sistmz, parḷmnt’s influenśl ol-parti intelijns n s’kṛti cmiti hz faund.
Ɖ inqîri – lōnćt in 2019 n subjict t verịs dlez wz cmplitd in Me – z sceɖñ abt ɖ fełr v ɖ YC t wec p t ɖ scel v ɖ sstemic ćalinj pozd bî ɖ Ćînīz guvnmnt’s “hol v stet” asōlt on ɖ Britiś icoṇmi, poḷtics, sivl infṛstrucćr n ac̣dīmia.
Seyñ ɖt untl rīsntli ɖ YC guvnmnt wz wilñ t axpt Ćînīz muni wɖ fy qsćnz asct, it clemz “az a consiqns ɖ YC z nǎ pleyñ cać-up n ɖ hol v guvnmnt hz its wrc cut ǎt t unḍstand n cǎntr ɖ ʈret fṛm Ćîna”.
Ɖ fełr t rspond t ɖ ic̣nomic ʈret pozd bî Ćîna, n t pt in ples a we v pṛtctñ YC asets “z a sirịs fełr n wn ɖt ɖ YC me fīl ɖ consiqnsz v fr yirz t cm”, ɖ parḷmnterịnz faund.
Ɖ cmiti sd: “Ɖr z no evidns ɖt Ẃîthōl poḷsi-dpartmnts hv ɖ nesṣri rzorsz, xṗtīz or nolij v ɖ ʈret t cǎntr Ćîna’z aproć.”
Ɖ guvnmnt’s foc̣s, ɖ rport sz, z stl doṃnetd bî śort-trm or akt ʈrets. “It hz cnsistntli feld t ʈnc loñ trm, unlîc Ćîna, ẃć historicli hz bn ebl t tec advantij v ɖs.”
In a sceɖñ asesmnt v Britiś ac̣dīmia’z wilñnis t axpt Ćînīz rsrćgrants, ɖ rport sd ɖt “ẃl sm hv xprest cnsrn, uɖrz sīm wilñ t trn a blînd î, hapi simpli t tec ɖ muni”.
“Ac̣dīmia z an īzi opśn ẃn it cmz t ɖ ʈeft v inṭlecćl proṗti, wɖ Ćîna tecñ advantij v c’labṛtiv projects t stìl inḟmeśn ẃć me b les pṛtctd,” it sd, adñ: “It z alarmñ ɖr z stl no sngl list v ɖ eriaz v snṣtiv YC rsrć ẃć nīd pṛtctñ.”
Fîndñ ɖt ɖ wst wz jenṛli ovrli rlaynt on Ćînīz tecnoḷji, ɖ rport wornd ɖt “wɖt swift n dsîsiv ax́n, w r on a tṛjectri fr a nîtmer-s’nario ẃr Ćîna stìlz blūprints, sets standdz n bildz products, xrtñ p’liticl n ic̣nomic inflụns at evri step. Ɖs priznts a sirịs cmrśl ćalinj bt olso hz ɖ ptnśl t pǒz an xistnśl ʈret t libṛl deṃcratic sistmz”.
Ɖ cmiti olso wornd ɖt alawñ Ćîna t invst in ɖ YC’z sivl ńclirprogram z ifctivli sìdñ cntrol t ɖ Ćînīz Coḿnist parti.
“It z un’xptbl ɖt ɖ YC z stl cnsiḍrñ Ćînīz invstmnt in YC’z criticl infṛstrucćr at a grańlr levl, tecñ ć ces in îṣleśn,” adñ: “It z alarmñ ɖt ɖ biznis-dpartmnt z nt lcñ at ɖ iśu in ɖ rnd. W qsćn hǎ eni dpartmnt cn cnsidr ɖt a foṛn cuntri sñglhandidli runñ ǎr ńclir-pǎr steśnz śd nt gv pōz fr ʈt. Ɖs demnstrets ɖe d nt hv ɖ xṗtīz t b rsponsbl fr snṣtiv s’kṛtimatrz.”
Ministrz hv bn adoptñ a les confṛnteśnl aproć t Ćîna, insistñ ingejmnt z nesṣri f mejr probḷmz sć az clîṃthītñ r t b jôntli adrest.
[Đs rport wz subṣqntli amndd.]
