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UK government spy scandals fuel calls for tougher stance on China

Britain's MI5 security service warned the UK Conservative party that two would-be MPs could be Chinese spies, a minister said Wednesday, after news reports on Sunday revealed a parliamentary researcher was arrested in March on suspicion of spying for Beijing.

France 24

Chinese aircraft carrier, jets holding drills in the Pacific, says Taiwan

Analysts say Chinese drills in the western Pacific are Beijing’s largest-ever manoeuvres involving an aircraft carrier.

Al Jazeera

Tories warned by MI5 that MP candidates could be Chinese spies as ex-security chief says row is ‘wake-up call’

Two candidates dropped, as ex-national security adviser warns spy row affects all of public life

The Independent UK

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Q&A: Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu talks elections and China

Island’s top diplomat says Taiwan under ‘constant threat’ from Beijing, which has ‘ambitions over a democratic country’.

Al Jazeera

China key to preventing possible Russia, North Korea arms deal, expert says

China is North Korea’s and Russia’s biggest trade partner and and could restrain a weapons deal.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on China and spying: we need less heat and more light

Editorial: Beijing’s espionage and influence operations demand not just more, but more thoughtful, scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

Beijing District Scraps Price Limits on Pre-Owned Homes

Haidian district, known for prestigious schools, joins a parade of localities dropping price controls to bolster housing sales

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MPs furious over being kept in dark about alleged spying for China

House speaker tells Commons that ‘MPs who needed to be told were told’ at time of aide’s arrest in March

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss leads Tory calls to designate China as a threat to UK

The former prime minister was joined by the likes of Tory former party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith and veteran MP Sir Bernard Jenkin.

The Independent UK

Ministers urged to say when they first knew about alleged Chinese spy

Rishi Sunak said the Foreign Secretary had raised concerns over Chinese interference during his recent trip to Beijing.

The Independent UK

Forget ‘Chinese spies’, trade not espionage should be Britain’s main concern with China

China is clearly using its trading supremacy to ignore accepted norms – but the UK has some leverage, says the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak encourages MPs who fear they have been targeted by ‘China spy’ to go to police

Government says it will ‘robustly’ defend UK democracy

The Independent UK

‘Major escalation’: Sunak confronts China after Parliament ‘spy’ suspect arrested

Rishi Sunak has raised “very strong concerns” with Beijing about China’s alleged interference in the UK parliament.

The Week

OPINION - Beijing’s huge scope goes beyond just spying

Beijing is seeking to influence the thinking of key figures at Westminster to help it shape the narrative

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The Independent UK

UK resists calls to label China a threat following claims a Beijing spy worked in Parliament

The British government is resisting calls to label China a threat to the U.K.

The Independent UK

Sunak under pressure to take tougher line with China after alleged spy arrest

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch suggested that designating China a threat would ‘escalate things’ with Beijing.

The Guardian - UK

Lan Yu review – Stanley Kwan’s masterly and gentle Beijing-set gay melodrama

Kwan’s 2001 film was the strongest in a wave of gay-themed Chinese films and remains a poignant work that tugs at audience heartstrings

The Independent UK

Fears of ‘network of Chinese spies in Westminster’ after arrest of parliamentary researcher

MPs sanctioned by Beijing demand to know why they weren’t told about alleged spy

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The Times of India

Rumours swirl over whereabouts of China's defense minister Li Shangfu

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping called for unity and stability within the military during an inspection in the northeast, just as speculation mounts over the whereabouts of the country’s defense minister.

The Guardian - AU

Frustrated China steps up warship and fighter plane activity around Taiwan

Taipei reports People’s Liberation Army operation, which comes after Beijing accused US and Canada of ‘inciting conflict’ by traversing Taiwan Strait

Al Jazeera

Why is China banning officials and state employees from using iPhones?

Beijing is taking aim at Apple devices in the latest salvo in the US-China tech war.

The Guardian - AU

Have we reached peak China? How the booming middle class hit a brick wall

Facing a slowing economy and a less secure jobs market, China’s educated elite are left negotiating a new central bargain with the government

The Independent UK

Sunak facing pressure over China stance after alleged parliamentary spy arrested

The Prime Minister confronted the Chinese premier Li Qiang over ‘unacceptable’ interference in British democracy.

The Guardian - UK

MPs express anger after arrest of parliamentary researcher over alleged spying for China

Man is known to have had unescorted access to large parts of the Westminster estate

The Guardian - UK

UK proves espionage is always political in calling out China ‘spying’ at G20

As Sunak challenges Chinese premier at summit, does alleged intelligence escalation from Beijing suggest a new cold war?

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