4NEWSTHEWEEK16September2023Themainstories…Itwasn’tallbadThisisnotthefirsttimeofficialshaveraisedthealarmaboutChineseespionage,saidTheTimes.ArecentreportbytheIntelligenceandSecurityCommitteewarnedthatBeijingwastargetingtheUK“prolificallyandaggressively”.Lastyear,MI5allegedthatChristineLee,anAnglo-Chineselawyer,hadengagedinpoliticalinterferenceonbehalfoftheChineseCommunistParty(CCP).Newsoftheresearcher’sarrestis“causeforthegreatestconcern”.Itcouldbe“extremelyserious”,agreedTheIndependent.Theallegedspyisunlikelytohavehadaccesstoanyclassifiedinformation,buthewaswell-connected.HeworkedforAliciaKearns,chairoftheForeignAffairsCommittee,andworkedwithanot...