Chinese step up attempts to influence Biden team - US official

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Chinese agents have stepped up their efforts to influence President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration, a US intelligence official has said.

William Evanina, from the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence, said the Chinese were also focusing on people close to Mr Biden's team.

Mr Evanina said it was an influence campaign "on steroids".

Separately, a justice department official said more than 1,000 suspected Chinese agents had fled the US.

In Wednesday's virtual discussion at the Aspen Institute think tank, Mr Evanina, chief of the Director of National Intelligence's counter-intelligence branch, said China had been attempting to meddle in the US efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine and recent American elections.

He continued: "We've also seen an uptick, which was planned and we predicted, that China would now re-vector their influence campaigns to the new [Biden] administration.

"And when I say that, that malign foreign influence, that diplomatic influence plus, or on steroids, we're starting to see that play across the country to not only the folks starting in the new administration, but those who are around those folks in the new administration

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Who would want to prevent a vaccine from being developed? 

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3 minutes ago, TimisaMonster said:

Who would want to prevent a vaccine from being developed? 

it's likely in the race of providing coronavirus vaccine china wants to be the first one to provide the vaccines to the larger part of the world and improve it's image. it's all apart of a greater game going on between these two nations

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Just now, wetasspussy said:

it's likely in the race of providing coronavirus vaccine china wants to be the first one to provide the vaccines to the larger part of the world and improve it's image. it's all apart of a greater game going on between these two nations

We caused it so now accept our shady vaccine...no thanks lol 

I still feel this was a bio weapon that leaked but it surely hasn't helped their image if THIS is what they're trying to do to Bidens innocent new team