The Chinese regime is at risk of “being too closely aligned” with Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, a UK intelligence chief said on Thursday. In a rare public address during a visit to Australia, Sir Jeremy Fleming, the head of Britain’s GCHQ intelligence agency, said China will not be “well served” by a close alliance with a regime that “wilfully and illegally” ignores all global rules and norms. His intervention comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson last week directly confronted President Xi Jinping over Beijing’s stance on the conflict in Ukraine in what was described as a “frank and candid” discussion. Speaking at the Australian National University in Canberra, Fleming said Russia “has made a strategic choice to align with China as China has become more powerful and in direct opposition to the United States.” “In the current crisis, Russia sees China as a supplier of weapons, as a …