Concerns are mounting in the US over China's state-driven efforts to collect American data, which experts suggest could be weaponized. An advisory committee to Congress heard that this strategic asset could be crucial in potential conflicts, including over Taiwan. Washington is reportedly falling short in countering Beijing's data-collection drive, posing risks to US society and economy.

China has built a state-driven campaign to harvest American data and weaponise it as a strategic asset that could prove critical in a conflict with the US, including over Taiwan, a key advisory committee to the US Congress heard. Experts told the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on Thursday that Washington was falling short in countering Beijing’s data-collection drive, one that could have far-reaching implications for American society and the economy, as well as US wartime...