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HIROYUKI AKITA, Nikkei commentator

TOKYO -- MI6, the U.K.'s foreign intelligence service that cinema audiences know best as the employer of James Bond, is in reality shrouded in secrecy. In a rare public speech on Nov. 30, Richard Moore, the head of MI6, broke cover to issue a dire warning about the security threats posed by China in a talk entitled "Human intelligence in the digital age."

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