Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service UK politics live – latest updates China’s intelligence service used a front company to pay grants to British universities and steal crucial research about technology projects, MI 5 said on Wednesday in a rare public espionage warning.
Britain’s domestic security service said researchers and academics should cease work with the China General Technology Research Institute (CGTRI), sometimes also known as the China Academy of General Technology (CAGT). MI 5 believes it poses a “significant threat”.
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