As Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Premier, sips tea with the Prime Minister at Downing Street on Monday, both men will already know that their countries are in a state of undeclared war.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao began his tour of Europe in Hungary Photo: REUTERS
Although the Cold War is long over, MI5 is left tackling a constant threat from Chinese espionage.
Jonathan Evans, the director general of MI5, has singled out China for their "unreconstructed attempts" to spy on Britain saying they "continue to devote considerable time and energy trying to steal our sensitive technology on civilian and military projects and trying to obtain political and economic intelligence at our expense."
MI5 believes that the Chinese government "represents one of the most significant espionage threats to the UK."
A 14-page "restricted" report from MI5's Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) last year, described how China has attacked British defence, energy, communications and manufacturing companies in a concerted hacking campaign.
One of the main focuses of Britain's Office of Cyber Security and the Cyber Security Operations Centre based at GCHQ is the constant attempts to break into government departments and private sector companies by Chinese hackers.
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