An extract from today's Sydney Morning Herald:Palo Alto,...

An extract from today's Sydney Morning Herald:

Palo Alto, California: Intelligence chiefs from Australia and around the world have lashed out at China for what they say is the most sophisticated program of intellectual property theft in history, warning that Beijing’s espionage is so widespread it requires an unprecedented global response.Appearing publicly for the first time with other nations from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general Mike Burgess also took the rare step of rebuking China even as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to visit Beijing later this year in a bid to ease friction with the nation’s biggest trading partner.