Espionage
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Handling of China spying case was ‘shambolic’, security committee concludes
Report says ‘systemic failures’ led to collapse of trial, but found no evidence of UK government interference …
- Asia Pacific, China, Dan Jarvis, Defence policy, Espionage, House of Commons, House of Lords, LinkedIn, Politics, UK news, World news
Watch out for online contact with Chinese spies, UK defence minister warns public
After MI5 issues China espionage alert to parliament, Luke Pollard says message should be heeded by all citize…
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China in ‘covert and calculated’ effort to recruit MPs and peers, minister says
Dan Jarvis gives Commons statement after MI5 alert about LinkedIn profiles of Amanda Qiu and Shirly ShenMPs an…
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Xi Jinping cracks joke about spying with phones given to South Korean president
Chinese leader says ‘check if there is a backdoor’ in reply to Lee Jae Myung’s quip about security of Xiaomi d…
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Defence lawyers would have used Tories’ statements to dismiss China spy case, attorney general says
Richard Hermer says failure by Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly to describe China as a threat would have been …
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Missing ‘critical element’ caused UK China spying trial to collapse, say prosecutors
Refusal to describe China as security threat meant ‘all routes were closed’, says director of public prosecuti…
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China spy row: Berry knew some of his contacts were non-commercial, messages suggest
Man at centre of abandoned spy case has said he reported to Chinese company with clients that wanted ‘to devel…
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‘You’re in spy territory’: how two UK nationals got tangled in a Chinese espionage row
The Met’s elite SO15 unit alleged a parliamentary researcher helped his friend create 34 reports for a shadowy…
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‘A high-level operator’: Cai Qi’s rapid rise to become Xi Jinping’s right-hand man
CCP official alleged to be leading a Westminster spy ring is the de facto gatekeeper to the Chinese presidentI…
- China, Chris Philp, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, Jonathan Powell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Law, MI5, Politics, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism
Head of CPS faces cross-party pressure to explain China spy trial collapse
Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being dropp…
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MI5 chief ‘frustrated’ at failure to put men accused of spying for China on trial
Ken McCallum, the domestic spy chief, says he will ‘never back off’ from confronting threats from BeijingThe M…
- China, Conservatives, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, Keir Starmer, Labour, Law, Politics, Stephen Kinnock, UK news
MPs to hold inquiry into collapsed China spy case after No 10 publishes key evidence
Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’Ques…
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China spy row: what do the witness statements say and what is their significance?
Statements are at heart of row about who, if anyone, was to blame for collapse of case against two men accused…
- China, Conservatives, Crown Prosecution Service, Espionage, House of Commons, Jonathan Powell, Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, Law, PMQs, Politics, UK news
Key witness statement in China spy row to be published, says Starmer
Statement by deputy national security adviser was central to CPS decision to withdraw spying charges against t…
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China ‘spies’ case was dropped after government failed to provide evidence of Beijing threat
Ministers and officials did not provide statements that China was threat despite ‘many months’ of effort to ob…