{"id":45261,"date":"2024-01-08T08:19:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T08:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/china-says-foreign-consulting-agency-head-spied-for-britain\/"},"modified":"2024-01-08T08:19:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T08:19:04","slug":"china-says-foreign-consulting-agency-head-spied-for-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/china-says-foreign-consulting-agency-head-spied-for-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"China says foreign consulting agency head spied for Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>China\u2019s spy agency said on Monday the head of a foreign consultancy had been found to be spying for Britain\u2019s MI6 intelligence service.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of State Security said in a WeChat post that Britain\u2019s Secret Intelligence Service \u2014 also known as MI6 \u2014 used a foreign national with the surname Huang to establish an \u201cintelligence cooperation relationship\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1785713\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Huang, who headed a foreign consulting agency, \u201centered China several times under instructions to use their public profile as a cover to collect China-related intelligence for Britain [\u2026] and seek other personnel whom MI6 could turn\u201d, the MSS said.<\/p>\n<p>Huang allegedly passed 17 pieces of intelligence, including confidential state secrets, to MI6 before he was identified, according to the MSS.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry also claimed he had received \u201cprofessional intelligence training\u201d in Britain and had used \u201cspecialist spying equipment\u201d to send communications.<\/p>\n<p>The MSS said an investigation had \u201cpromptly discovered criminal evidence that Huang was engaged in espionage activities, and took criminal coercive measures in accordance with the law\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The statement did not provide further details of Huang\u2019s identity or employer, or describe their current condition or whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s embassy in Beijing directed an <em>AFP<\/em> request to comment to the Foreign Office in London, which did not immediately respond.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"trading-allegations\" href=\"#trading-allegations\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Trading allegations<\/h2>\n<p>China and Britain have traded barbs in recent months over allegations of perceived espionage and its resulting impact on national security.<\/p>\n<p>Britain\u2019s government has warned that Chinese spies are increasingly targeting officials, allegations that Beijing has denied.<\/p>\n<p>A researcher at the British parliament was arrested last year under the Official Secrets Act and subsequently denied spying for Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>China has publicised several other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1614831\">alleged<\/a> spying cases in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>In May, authorities sentenced 78-year-old American citizen John Shing-wan Leung to life in prison for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1753529\">espionage<\/a>, though Beijing has not provided substantial details of his case.<\/p>\n<p>And in October, the MSS published the story of another alleged spy, surnamed Hou, who was accused of sending several secret and classified documents to the US.<\/p>\n<p>China last year also conducted raids on a string of big-name consulting, research and due diligence firms.<\/p>\n<p>Last May, China said it had raided the offices of US consultancy firm Capvision in order to safeguard its \u201cnational security and development interests\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1722956\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Beijing also questioned staff at the Shanghai branch of another American consultancy, Bain, in April.<\/p>\n<p>And authorities detained workers and shuttered a Beijing office belonging to US-based due diligence firm Mintz Group in March.<\/p>\n<p>The US government and its chambers of commerce warned that the raids damage investor confidence and the operations of foreign businesses in 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The Ministry of State Security said in a WeChat post that Britain\u2019s Secret Intelligence Service \u2014 also known as MI6 \u2014 used a foreign national with the surname Huang to establish an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/01\/08115119a755261.jpg?r=115154","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}