Security agencies red-flag Chinese fronts in education, not just power and telecom
In a high-level meeting attended by national security planners and a select group of secretary-level officials, much of the discussion revolved around a presentation made by security agencies that put the spotlight on two core areas: telecom and higher education.
Editorial Staff
Security agencies red-flag Chinese fronts in education, not just power and telecom
An exercise to minimise the role of power and telecom companies believed to be linked to the Chinese government could be expanded to cover other critical sectors such as higher education as well, people familiar with the development said after a July 15 review of the penetration of such companies and institutions in the Indian economy.
The high-level meeting attended by national security planners and a select group of secretary-level officials comes against the backdrop of the Chinese army’s aggressive moves along the Line of Actual Control that led to a stand-off from May this year.
The two sides earlier this month started disengaging at the face-off points in eastern Ladakh after several rounds of talks but Beijing has been slow to pull back its troops.
Last week’s exercise was aimed at coming up with a comprehensive assessment of the footprint of Chinese companies and institutions that could be a proxy for the Chinese government or have close ties to the ruling communist party. “T…
