纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Beijing Claims UK Recruited Chinese State Officials as Spies
June 4, 2024 2 min 269 words
《纽约时报》这篇报道的主要内容是：英国政府日前指责中国间谍窃取英国商业机密，并声称中国情报机构长期以来试图招募英国商界和政界人士为间谍。英国政府表示，中国间谍的活动威胁到英国国家安全和经济利益，并承诺将采取措施予以反击。 评论：这篇报道虽然没有明显的不实之处，但充满了冷战思维和意识形态偏见，对中国进行有罪推定，并试图煽动反华情绪。报道中没有提供中国间谍窃取英国商业机密和试图招募英国人士的直接证据，仅基于所谓“情报机构”的信源，而这些信息是否真实客观，值得商榷。此外，报道中完全没有中国方面的回应，有失偏颇。西方媒体经常指责中国间谍活动，却对自身国家的间谍行为避而不谈。这篇报道延续了西方媒体对中国的双重标准和选择性失明，不客观不公正，值得警惕。
China’s top security ministry accused Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency on Monday of persuading a married couple working for unnamed central Chinese government bodies to become spies for the British government, the latest in a volley of continuing espionage accusations between the two countries.
In a post on its official WeChat account, China’s Ministry of State Security said MI6 British intelligence officials had lured a man with the surname Wang, who worked for a Chinese government agency with part-time consulting work that paid him a high salary during his visit to Britain as part of an exchange program.
The Chinese ministry said MI6 trained Mr. Wang to become a spy and ordered him to return to China to gather intelligence. It said that his wife, who has the surname Zhou, also agreed to spy for Britain. China said the matter was under further investigation, but it is not clear whether the couple are being detained by the Chinese authorities.
This is the latest in a series of back-and-forth espionage accusations between Beijing and London, a source of escalating tension between the two countries.
Last month, three men in Britain were charged with gathering intelligence for Hong Kong, a former British colony now under Chinese rule, to pursue pro-democracy activists living in Britain.
China has condemned these latest accusations. It said that Britain had leveled a series of “groundless and slanderous” accusations of spying and cyberattacks against Beijing.