The British government has expelled three Chinese Communist Spies who entered the country posing as journalists in the past year, according to British media.
Britain is stepping up its counterattack against the infiltration of Chinese Communist spies. In the past year, the British government expelled three Chinese Communist spies who entered the country posing as journalists, according to the British media.
On Feb. 5, the Daily Telegraph quoted anonymous senior government sources as saying that the three spies had entered the U.K. last year, claiming to be working for three different Chinese media organizations.
An investigation by the British intelligence agency MI5 later revealed that the three men’s true identities were intelligence officers attached to the Chinese Communist Party‘s Ministry of State Security.
They were forced to return to China after their true identities were revealed by MI5,” the report said. But the names of the three Chinese media agencies were not disclosed.
The news comes on the heels of the British government’s revocation of the broadcast license of CGTN, the Communist Party’s major foreign service, on Feb. 4, on the grounds that it was not an independent news organization but a “foreign agent” controlled by the Communist Party. “.
As early as February last year, CGTN and four official Chinese media were designated as “foreign agents” by the U.S. State Department, and the U.K. is following in the footsteps of the U.S. in countering the soft power infiltration of the Chinese Communist Party.
Ofcom said, “We gave CGTN plenty of opportunities to comply with the regulations, but it didn’t do so. We now believe it is appropriate to revoke CGTN’s broadcasting license in the UK.”
In recent years, relations between Britain and China have become increasingly strained due to the Hong Kong issue and the ban on huawei‘s 5G products entering the UK. The Daily Telegraph reported on Jan. 28 that the U.K. may be ready to join the U.S., Japan, India and Australia in a military alliance to curb the expansion of the Chinese Communist Party.
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