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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Ministers plan high-level visits to China despite espionage trial outcry

Ministers are proceeding with a reset of relations with China, scheduling high-level visits despite controversy over a collapsed espionage trial and prosecutorial criticisms.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

UK delays deadline for decision on China super embassy' as spy row intensifies

Keir Starmer's government postponed a decision on China's proposed London 'super embassy', amid security, surveillance, and political pressure.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

MI5 chief warns China poses threat to UK national security every day'

MI5 director general says Chinese state actors present a daily national security threat to the UK and the service must detect and deal robustly.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Former MP suspects he has been spied on by China

"I've been involved with China for a long time. "I've called out China's human rights abuses, I was one of those who put forward amendments to make sure Chinese government companies weren't involved in our infrastructure projects, as a result of which I'm a subject of interest to them."
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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Starmer and CPS face further questions after China spy case documents fail to quell controversy UK politics live

No 10 released three witness statements alleging two men passed unclassified material to Chinese contacts and Conservatives allege government intervention in the prosecution.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Cabinet Office rejects Cummings' China breach claim

Claims assert Chinese actors breached high-level UK 'Strap' systems in 2020, exposing extremely secret intelligence and Cabinet Office material, while the government denies any compromise.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

How the spy trial row has exposed Britain's China problem

Independent journalists provide accessible coverage on major issues while investigations expose alleged Chinese influence and political scandals affecting Britain’s government and national security.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Ex-cabinet secretary questions Starmer's explanation of China spy case collapse

Senior UK civil servants question the prime minister's explanation for a collapsed trial involving alleged Chinese spies, citing China as a multifaceted national security threat.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Legal experts question reasoning behind CPS dropping China spies' case

The expert lawyers expressed surprise that the CPS thought it needed further assurance from the government that China was an enemy insofar as it posed a current threat to national security before the trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry could go ahead. The former director of public prosecutions Ken Macdonald said in a BBC interview that he believed Stephen Parkinson, the current DPP, may have been over-fussy in demanding the government make a statement in open court that would be embarrassing
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Home secretary very disappointed' over collapse of China spy trial

Shabana Mahmood refused to call China an enemy and denied ministerial interference in the collapse of a Chinese espionage trial.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

China's fifth-ranking official was suspect in dropped Westminster spy case

British prosecutors suspected Cai Qi, a senior CCP politburo member, received politically sensitive information from two Westminster-linked British researchers in an abandoned espionage case.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Commons open to espionage after China spying charges dropped, says Speaker

Dropping charges in a China espionage case raises concerns that Parliament remains vulnerable to foreign spying and demands stronger protective measures.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

China accuses UK politicians of arrogance' in British Steel row

China defends Jingye amid UK criticism, highlighting strained diplomatic ties and the complexity of foreign investment in the steel industry.
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