The United Kingdom has reduced cooperation with China in the scientific and technological sphere, citing existing "security risks" to the kingdom. This was reported by The Financial Times (FT). "Our relationship with the PRC is different from what it was in 2017, and we have deliberately chosen areas that we believe do not pose such a risk to security. China is now an incredibly strong scientific power. Our researchers want to work with them. They want to work with us," said British Minister of Science and Technology Lord Patrick Vallance. It is noted that the parties signed an updated bilateral agreement on areas of cooperation in science and technology. However, the previous document provided for interaction between the states in areas such as satellites, remote sensing technologies, and robotics. These points are absent in the new agreement. The authors of the material indicated that the "trimmed" agreement highlights the transition of Western countries to a "more cautious position" regarding scientific cooperation with the PRC and reflects their concerns about Beijing's growing technological dominance. On October 16, Bloomberg reported that China has had access to secret systems of the United Kingdom for at least the last decade. It is noted that Beijing had access to low and medium-level classified information on the servers of the UK government, including information marked "officially confidential" and "secret." "Chinese government officials have systematically and successfully hacked the secret computer systems of the UK government for over a decade," the material states. In particular, these were documents related to the development of government policy, private correspondence, and diplomatic telegrams. At the same time, top-secret information was not compromised.