British officials are routinely being spied on by China when they travel to the country on business, it was claimed last night. Businessmen, doctors and teachers are also among more than 100 Britons whose details are on a Chinese police security watchlist, according to a leaked database. MI5 is investigating the files, which have emerged amid escalating tensions between the UK and China over human rights abuses of the Uighur minority. The data seen by analysts was stored on servers at the Public Security Bureau in Shanghai and was largely collected in 2016. The BBC's China correspondent John Sudworth has been forced to flee to Taiwan with his family after 'threats' from the authorities over his reports on human rights abuses and the Covid pandemic.

Source: Daily Mail April 01, 2021 00:29 UTC