Beijing accuses MI6 of recruiting Chinese couple as spies

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China’s secret service has accused MI6 of turning two Chinese state workers and recruiting them as spies. The ministry of state security (MSS), which has responsibility for China’s intelligence gathering and secret police, said on Monday it had uncovered the “major espionage case” involving a husband and wife both working in “core key units” of a Chinese state agency. The accusation, which was written about by Chinese state media outlets, follows several high-profile cases of alleged Chinese espionage in Europe, including in the UK, Germany and Belgium. In a post on its WeChat account, the MSS said the husband, surnamed...