Rishi Sunak met China's premier Li Qiang at the G20 summit after two men were arrested amid reports a parliamentary researcher spied for China. Mr Sunak said interference in UK parliamentary democracy was 'obviously unacceptable'.
Asked about the view of some in parliament that China is a threat to the UK, Mr Chalk said"you can't wish China away", noting it is the second largest global economy and key to tackling the challenge of climate change.Former cabinet minister and diplomat Rory Stewart told Trevor Phillips that the UK needs to be"much, much more serious" about protecting itself against Chinese and Russian spies.
"It's in the interests of authoritarian states to weaken countries like the United Kingdom, so we should be very, very cautious," he said."People with strong links to the Chinese Communist Party have been giving money to Labour MPs and employing former Conservative MPs," he said. One of the men, in his 30s, was arrested in Oxfordshire on 13 March, while the other, in his 20s, was arrested in Edinburgh, Scotland Yard said.
"Searches were also carried out at both the residential properties, as well as at a third address in east London," a statement from the force said.Both men were held at a south London police station until being bailed until early October.
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