Two Chinese spies have been detained in Britain

Police have charged two men suspected of spying for China. This is reported by Reuters.

The Crown Prosecution Service believes the men, aged 32 and 29, were providing information that was harmful to the state by violating the Official Secrets Act. The suspects will appear in court on Friday 26 April.

This was an extremely complex investigation into very serious allegations," said Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism command.

It has been noted that Britain is concerned about China 's alleged spying activities. Especially after a parliamentary researcher was arrested in 2023 on suspicion of espionage. At the time, the country's government said that Chinese spies were targeting British high-ranking defence and business officials.

It is probably about the detention of a researcher of the British Parliament in September last year. According to the BBC, police arrested two men in their twenties and thirties under the Official Secrets Act on suspicion of spying for China. One of the detainees was a parliamentary researcher and worked on international relations.

In addition, today, 22 April, three German citizens were detained on suspicion of collaborating with Chinese secret services. According to Reuters, citing German officials, they were going to transfer technology that could be used for military purposes and contribute to the strengthening of the Chinese navy.

The suspects were detained a week after Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited China.

Interior Minister Nancy Feather said the government was monitoring "the significant threat posed by Chinese espionage in business, industry and science."

'We are monitoring these risks and threats very closely, giving clear warnings and raising awareness of them so that we can strengthen defences everywhere,' she said.

The detainees are spouses. At the time of their arrest, they were holding talks regarding research projects that could be used to expand China's military power at sea.

The couple entered into a co-operation agreement with a German university through their company, which involved training an MSS employee to research machine parts that could be used in marine engines, such as in warships," Reuters quoted prosecutors as saying in a statement.

The suspects also bought a special laser in Germany and exported it to China without authorisation. However, the prosecutors did not specify what the laser data could be used for.

The arrests were made on the basis of information gathered by Germany's domestic intelligence service.

Earlier Socialportal also reported that because of the technological war between the United States and China around the world may rise in price Apple products. As is known about 80% of the company's manufacturing partners work in China. However, in August 2023, US President Biden signed a decree that restricts US investments in high-tech industries in China, which may further complicate the situation. Also, the US plans to ban the Chinese social network TikTok. Earlier, the U.S. Senate passed the "Act to Ban TikTok on Government Devices." And recently Congress approved a bill that could ban the service throughout the United States.