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Chinese espionage

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Silicon Valley steps up staff screening over Chinese espionage threat

    Google, OpenAI and Sequoia Capital push to improve security practices following high-profile spying cases

    Montage of Google, Sequoia Capital and OpenAi logos over the San Francisco skyline and the Chinese flag
  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Political espionage
    Beijing says MI6 recruited couple employed by Chinese state agency

    Accusation follows recent arrests in UK and Europe targeting alleged Chinese espionage

    A UK flag and a Chinese flag on a pole with security cameras in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square in Beijing
  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Former UK soldier charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead

    Matthew Trickett was accused of assisting intelligence services in the Chinese territory

    The New Scotland Yard headquarters of the Metropolitan Police
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Three men in UK court accused of assisting Hong Kong intelligence service

    Second time new anti-spying laws have led to charges

    The New Scotland Yard headquarters of the Metropolitan Police
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    FT MagazineSimon Kuper
    Seeing spies everywhere

    Yes the west is paranoid, but that doesn’t mean they’re not out to get us

  • Monday, 29 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    ‘Honeypots’ and influence operations: China’s spies turn to Europe

    Arrests in Germany and UK point to growing scale and ambition of Chinese espionage operations

    Logo of China’s Ministry of State Security, centre, silhouette of generic couple
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Europe Express
    How China’s Nuctech earned EU funds before being hit by EU raids Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Waiting for Emmanuel Macron’s words of wisdom

    Passengers walk next to Nuctech security scanners at the Brussels Eurostar train terminal
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    News in-depthPolitical espionage
    German spycatchers raise game against China and Russia

    Recent arrests only ‘tip of the iceberg’, with hundreds more operatives believed to be ‘up to mischief’ in Germany

    A composite illustration with handcuffs, a classified file, a person in shadows looking at a phone and the seal of the BfV
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Political espionage
    German staffer in EU parliament arrested on China spying charges

    Employee of far-right AfD’s lead candidate is latest figure to be accused of passing information to Beijing

    A man walks near the entrance of the European parliament in Brussels
  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    Germany accuses couple of spying for China

    A husband and wife team allegedly conspired to smuggle sensitive military technology out of Europe on Beijing’s orders

    German interior minister Nancy Faeser
  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    UK Government
    UK proposes crackdown on foreign security risks to university sector

    Deputy PM says government will examine new curbs around technology sharing and call in vice-chancellors

    Oliver Dowden speaking at Chatham House
  • Friday, 26 January, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China says UK businessman imprisoned for ‘providing intelligence’

    News of 2022 conviction will add to fears among foreign executives and professionals in the country

    Police outside a court in Beijing. China
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2024
    News in-depth
    China’s feared spy agency steps out of the shadows

    Ministry of State Security pursues more public and political role as Xi tightens grip on nation

    A montage showing a woman’s silhouette in front of an emblem of the MSS and pages from a comic strip issued by the ministry
  • Wednesday, 10 January, 2024
    Bribery and corruption
    Belgium opens criminal probe into suspected Chinese spy

    Flemish far-right politician Frank Creyelman was an intelligence asset for Beijing for years, according to investigation

    Frank Creyelman, a former member of the far-right Vlaams Belang party
  • Monday, 8 January, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China accuses foreign consultant of spying for MI6

    Beijing and western capitals have increasingly publicised espionage allegations amid rising tensions

    UIK and Chinese flags on a pole with security cameras in front of a portrait of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square in Beijing during a visit by then-prime minister Theresa May
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Belgium suspected China spy but was unable to prosecute

    Outdated penal code prevented action against far-right Flemish politician, says justice minister

    Paul Van Tigchelt
  • Monday, 18 December, 2023
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    A Chinese spy in Europe’s midst

    Chinese spies ran a Belgian politician as an intelligence asset for more than three years

  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    News in-depth
    Chinese spies recruited European politician in operation to divide west

    Covert officer paid and directed far-right Belgian politician for more than three years

    Composite image of Frank Creyelman, the EU parliament in Brussels and the symbol of the China Ministry of State Security
  • Monday, 11 September, 2023
    News in-depthUK foreign policy
    Arrest of alleged spy raises questions around UK’s China policy

    Critics say London is too soft on Beijing as MPs ask whether their safety is at risk

    Montage of parliament building, a figure in silhouette, and a Chinese communist party logo
  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    News in-depthUS-China relations
    Balloons, aliens, Chinese espionage: US struggles to explain aerial encounters

    Officials say altitude, size and speed of flying objects muddle picture while treacherous conditions obstruct recovery

    A sailor beside the suspected Chinese spy balloon on a ship
  • Tuesday, 30 August, 2022
    News in-depthPolitical espionage
    ‘On a par with the Russians’: rise in Chinese espionage alarms Europe

    Western spy chiefs say sophistication of Beijing’s intelligence operations is now comparable to the Kremlin’s

    An officer listening to surveillance and a man on a phone, with the symbols of the Russian and Chinese states
  • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
    US and UK intelligence chiefs call for vigilance on China’s industrial spies

    Beijing is using ‘every tool’ to steal western technology, FBI director says after MI5 meeting

    Ken McCallum, left, director-general of MI5, and FBI director Christopher Wray at a joint press conference
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