The Minutes of Sir Richard Dearlove on china https://minutesof.com/richard-dearlove/on/china/ Everything Sir Richard Dearlove has said on China: 30 verbatim quotes between June 2020 and October 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:23:24 +0000 Dearlove states China poses a serious threat to UK national security and acknowledges mutual espionage between https://minutesof.com/q/d6dc8e0c-287f-4ff0-9d2e-eaee89bc0e23/ https://minutesof.com/q/d6dc8e0c-287f-4ff0-9d2e-eaee89bc0e23/ “Look, we all know there is a serious threat to The UK's national security from China.” — Sky News Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:33:46 +0000 china Dearlove says the government's handling of the China spy case looks like appeasement despite official denials. https://minutesof.com/q/250ff024-42c8-4e6c-ac56-0e5943ca1fd7/ https://minutesof.com/q/250ff024-42c8-4e6c-ac56-0e5943ca1fd7/ “And it it, you know, it looks awfully like appeasement, yet we're being told it isn't.” — Sky News Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:33:46 +0000 china Dearlove says the proposed Chinese embassy site is sensitive due to communications cables running underneath o https://minutesof.com/q/4528429e-a386-44b6-9e4f-5c3735ac9380/ https://minutesof.com/q/4528429e-a386-44b6-9e4f-5c3735ac9380/ “And the reason it's sensitive in my understanding is because of the communications cables that run underneath it or very close to it.” — Sky News Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:33:46 +0000 china Dearlove opposes the Chinese embassy in the City of London due to sensitive communications cables underneath. https://minutesof.com/q/d2b8c16f-b2d3-4be3-b5a6-bd9430863cb5/ https://minutesof.com/q/d2b8c16f-b2d3-4be3-b5a6-bd9430863cb5/ “And putting a Chinese embassy on top of that in a strategic place in the city of London seems to me an unnecessarily foolish and risky step to take and we should say no.” — Sky News Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:33:46 +0000 china Dearlove cites Australia as an example of handling China firmly despite intense commercial ties. https://minutesof.com/q/8f91c414-3884-4ef7-84af-59e7beb7d0d4/ https://minutesof.com/q/8f91c414-3884-4ef7-84af-59e7beb7d0d4/ “And the Australian government have shown everybody that they can be very tough when they feel that their national security has been threatened by China, which it has on a number of occasions.” — Sky News Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:33:46 +0000 china Dearlove says Palantir's intellectual property must be of massive interest to Russians and Chinese, requiring https://minutesof.com/q/9b00b640-2e61-4ee0-8d34-1d18759571d1/ https://minutesof.com/q/9b00b640-2e61-4ee0-8d34-1d18759571d1/ “But for example, your intellectual property must be of massive interest to the Russians and the Chinese. So you almost need a sort of protective organization.” — One Decision Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:01:45 +0000 china Dearlove states that Palantir's intellectual property must be of massive interest to Russians and Chinese. https://minutesof.com/q/74f9c3a7-796e-4881-8717-5e587680da40/ https://minutesof.com/q/74f9c3a7-796e-4881-8717-5e587680da40/ “your intellectual property must be of massive interest to the Russians and the Chinese. So you almost need a sort of protective organization.” — One Decision Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:01:45 +0000 china Dearlove says Palantir's intellectual property must be massive interest to Russia and China. https://minutesof.com/q/bae9b6b6-c52a-47b6-8524-7a5de0bbd701/ https://minutesof.com/q/bae9b6b6-c52a-47b6-8524-7a5de0bbd701/ “your intellectual property must be a massive interest to the Russians and the Chinese. So you almost need, you know, a sort of protective organization.” — One Decision Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:54:40 +0000 china Dearlove states China builds more naval tonnage annually than the entire Royal Navy in fifteen to eighteen mon https://minutesof.com/q/7138f3e1-c3e3-41e8-9b94-d84809e48ebe/ https://minutesof.com/q/7138f3e1-c3e3-41e8-9b94-d84809e48ebe/ “Chinese navy is building more tonnage in a year to eighteen months each year than composes the whole of the Royal Navy. That's the speed of its expansion.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove states China's navy builds more tonnage annually than the entire Royal Navy in twelve to eighteen mon https://minutesof.com/q/885a9c29-11f0-4906-aca5-75307b26c4f5/ https://minutesof.com/q/885a9c29-11f0-4906-aca5-75307b26c4f5/ “Chinese navy is building more tonnage in a year to eighteen months each year than composes the whole of the Royal Navy.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove reveals intelligence community objected to BT's original China deal but was overruled by policymakers https://minutesof.com/q/355a4269-d1c0-4f9b-b5de-9670ab6d1b3d/ https://minutesof.com/q/355a4269-d1c0-4f9b-b5de-9670ab6d1b3d/ “Now at the time that that deal was signed there were strong objections from people like me in the intelligence community. We were totally overruled.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove argues any Chinese corporation is ultimately controlled by the Communist Party and must obey in crisi https://minutesof.com/q/321d744a-ee78-4f0e-a5dc-d76292b806f4/ https://minutesof.com/q/321d744a-ee78-4f0e-a5dc-d76292b806f4/ “The fact is you cannot get around the security problem that any Chinese corporation is ultimately under the control of the Chinese Communist Party. If in a crisis they are told to jump.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove asserts any Chinese corporation is ultimately under Chinese Communist Party control. https://minutesof.com/q/d3f9715b-a051-4921-8362-544f145e2791/ https://minutesof.com/q/d3f9715b-a051-4921-8362-544f145e2791/ “The fact is you cannot get around the security problem that any Chinese corporation is ultimately under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove warns Chinese cars have cellular modules that could be reprogrammed remotely to immobilize vehicles i https://minutesof.com/q/141646c2-4f26-4d71-a23e-f74e51dcf6ff/ https://minutesof.com/q/141646c2-4f26-4d71-a23e-f74e51dcf6ff/ “Because in every Chinese car there is a cellular module which is connected to the internet of things and that car in a crisis can be reprogrammed by the manufacturer in China.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove warns Chinese cars can be remotely immobilized from Beijing, potentially paralyzing UK cities in cris https://minutesof.com/q/f2b500b4-54be-4a9f-b21c-1d1c3d82bbbe/ https://minutesof.com/q/f2b500b4-54be-4a9f-b21c-1d1c3d82bbbe/ “that car in a crisis can be reprogrammed by the manufacturer in China. And you can find your Chinese car, 40 of them, let's say around London immobilized.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove warns China could immobilize Chinese cars remotely and bring UK cities to a halt in a crisis. https://minutesof.com/q/8cf4caa7-36a2-4bea-9052-749fc50ac179/ https://minutesof.com/q/8cf4caa7-36a2-4bea-9052-749fc50ac179/ “Chinese could bring in a crisis UK city to a grinding halt, bang, with a flick of a switch in Beijing.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove says Chinese-made renewable energy equipment with cellular modules could be remotely disabled from Ch https://minutesof.com/q/04145864-be99-4149-912d-4fb4334ea64b/ https://minutesof.com/q/04145864-be99-4149-912d-4fb4334ea64b/ “A lot of our renewable sources of energy are Chinese manufactured with cellular modules in them that can be reprogrammed from China. You could knock out the whole of a North Sea wind farm, bang.” — One Decision Tue, 10 Jun 2025 08:02:35 +0000 china Dearlove asserts that Chinese intelligence is driving some of China's positioning in science at leading univer https://minutesof.com/q/1a9fab36-f5e2-4c92-bbb5-956c73c5aa8f/ https://minutesof.com/q/1a9fab36-f5e2-4c92-bbb5-956c73c5aa8f/ “the Chinese have positioned themselves in crucial areas of science in all of our leading universities.” — Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 china Dearlove notes Ant's $34 billion flotation beat Aramco, illustrating Western-Chinese economic integration. https://minutesof.com/q/500beaf9-9ad4-49fb-8458-9947511f6200/ https://minutesof.com/q/500beaf9-9ad4-49fb-8458-9947511f6200/ “two days ago, the Ant payment system, Jack Ma's company that controls massive payment system across the whole of China had a flotation and those of you who follow these things will be aware that it actually beat Aramco in terms of the value of the flotation, $34,000,000,000 was raised” — Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 china Dearlove predicts US and China will negotiate a new global security system within five years. https://minutesof.com/q/16ac4cf0-5430-491b-889a-29f588b887d6/ https://minutesof.com/q/16ac4cf0-5430-491b-889a-29f588b887d6/ “at some point in the next two, three, four, five years, I think The United States and China will sit down to work out how a new security system will, as it were, operate across the world to replace Pax Americana.” — Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 china Dearlove predicts US and China will establish a new security system within five years, replacing Pax Americana https://minutesof.com/q/311b472c-4986-41a6-9a10-95c9e52cce4f/ https://minutesof.com/q/311b472c-4986-41a6-9a10-95c9e52cce4f/ “So Pax Americana will become for those of you who are Latinists, Pax Americana et Sericana.” — Technion UK Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:45:56 +0000 china Dearlove agrees with Trump's hard line on China, saying an international inquiry into the pandemic is needed. https://minutesof.com/q/b3e65450-92ce-4827-809f-987ea2ab084f/ https://minutesof.com/q/b3e65450-92ce-4827-809f-987ea2ab084f/ “But I think there's a lot about his China policy that's right, because we need an explanation from the Chinese as to what happened. We need an international inquiry.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china Dearlove agrees with Trump's hard line on China and calls for international inquiry into pandemic origins. https://minutesof.com/q/e01e12ba-5eeb-4e9f-a25e-2c24b5df4ee1/ https://minutesof.com/q/e01e12ba-5eeb-4e9f-a25e-2c24b5df4ee1/ “We need an international inquiry. And yes, I do, on this issue, agree with Trump's hard line, and I think we should support it.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china Dearlove criticizes George Osborne for being extremely uncritical in embracing the Chinese relationship. https://minutesof.com/q/dde69688-e1ac-4588-990a-5b558f4c875c/ https://minutesof.com/q/dde69688-e1ac-4588-990a-5b558f4c875c/ “Personally pretty fed up with George Osborne. I think he was extremely uncritical in the way that he was willing to embrace the Chinese relationship.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china Dearlove predicts complete UK reassessment of China relationship after pandemic, warns against Chinese economi https://minutesof.com/q/7155b69a-00b0-43a6-8a2c-de5e1bd45721/ https://minutesof.com/q/7155b69a-00b0-43a6-8a2c-de5e1bd45721/ “I think there will be a complete reassessment of this situation for The UK and for many other countries in the aftermath of the pandemic.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china Dearlove says Osborne didn't understand Communist Party leadership's disregard for law and human rights from h https://minutesof.com/q/c28c7986-436a-45c6-8ec0-34fa8abc9789/ https://minutesof.com/q/c28c7986-436a-45c6-8ec0-34fa8abc9789/ “I don't think that George Osborne really understood what the leadership of a real Communist Party is like.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china Dearlove reveals British Telecom signed a deal with Huawei in 2001-2002 while he was MI6 chief. https://minutesof.com/q/90aeebbf-3621-404b-8082-91edbf4267b2/ https://minutesof.com/q/90aeebbf-3621-404b-8082-91edbf4267b2/ “The problem is that British Telecom signed a deal back in 2001, 2002 actually, whilst I was chief with Huawei. And we became very much involved with this company and entangled with them.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china Dearlove says China embedded in UK 5G is a serious security problem given Chinese intelligence nature. https://minutesof.com/q/4ca6b80e-4d08-4f83-baaf-0dabcde2a27a/ https://minutesof.com/q/4ca6b80e-4d08-4f83-baaf-0dabcde2a27a/ “The fact is, if you understand the nature of Chinese leadership, Chinese intelligence, having China embedded in our five gs is a security problem, a serious one.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china Dearlove believes the pandemic started as an accident and China has not published true casualty figures. https://minutesof.com/q/5873b33e-6cd5-4af3-9845-7118a397e225/ https://minutesof.com/q/5873b33e-6cd5-4af3-9845-7118a397e225/ “Absolutely. China itself has suffered hugely and probably more than we realize because they will have not published the true figures. I do think that this started as an accident.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china Dearlove believes the pandemic started as an accident, not a deliberate Chinese act. https://minutesof.com/q/ff260f19-c22f-4f75-b5ee-91a42b283bfe/ https://minutesof.com/q/ff260f19-c22f-4f75-b5ee-91a42b283bfe/ “I do think that this started as an accident. Okay, once it started, there are things about the Chinese behavior which are completely shocking, but there was nothing deliberate about the origins of it.” — The Telegraph Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:10:27 +0000 china