China tells UK to ‘cease creating bother’ over alleged spy

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China’s embassy in London has warned the UK to “cease creating bother” because it hit out at MPs’ “twisted mentality” over allegations {that a} Chinese language businessman linked to Prince Andrew is a Communist get together spy.

An embassy spokesperson additionally accused UK lawmakers of “conceitedness and shamelessness” over the claims.

Tuesday’s feedback got here after a decide allowed the 50-year-old Chinese language nationwide, who has been banned from Britain on nationwide safety grounds, to be recognized as Tengbo Yang.

Dan Jarvis, UK safety minister, welcomed the court docket’s determination to uphold the ban on Yang and warned that “this case doesn’t exist in a vacuum”.

He informed MPs that Britain faces “ongoing efforts by quite a few states, together with China, Russia and Iran, to hurt the UK’s safety”.

“We urge the UK facet to right away cease creating bother, cease anti-China political manipulations, and cease undermining regular personnel change between China and the US,” the Chinese language embassy spokesperson mentioned.

“What they’re actually as much as is to smear China, goal in opposition to the Chinese language group within the UK and undermine regular personnel exchanges between China and the UK. We strongly condemn this,” the spokesperson added.

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