Sir Alex Younger, the former head of MI6, said China’s definition of intelligence work was “far broader” than typically understood in the UK, including attempts to influence people as well as information gathering.

Ah yes, so much broader than the UK’s notion of intelligence work. It’s unfathomable that UK intelligence operations might seek to influence other states or gather information about them, right?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The government is facing pressure to take stronger action against Beijing, after a parliamentary researcher was arrested amid accusations he spied for China.

The Sunday Times reported the researcher had access to security minister Tom Tugendhat and foreign affairs committee chairwoman Alicia Kearns, among others.

The arrest of the parliamentary researcher has renewed a debate which has been raging in the Conservative Party for months: Should the government take a stricter approach on China?

Senior Tory backbenchers, including former leader Iain Duncan Smith and MP Tim Loughton, have called for the government to act.

Mr Duncan Smith said it was “time for us to recognise the deepening threat that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) under (President) Xi now pose”.

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk defended the current stance towards China on BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme,

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