Fury at Rishi Sunak's 'watered down' China spying crackdown

Rishi Sunak is struggling to contain Tory tensions over China today after a backlash at his 'derisory' response to cyberattacks.

Rishi Sunak is struggling to contain Tory tensions over China after a backlash at his 'derisory' response to cyberattacks A Chinese embassy spokesman urged London to 'stop spreading false information and stop their self-staged, anti-China political farce'. It set up a Foreign Influence Registration Scheme designed to create a clearer picture about which individuals or entities may be a risk to Britain's interests.The former requires individuals or entities who 'carry out political influence activities in the UK at the direction of a foreign power' to identify themselves.

Sir Iain Duncan Smith, a member of the Inter-parliamentary Alliance on China who has faced sanctions from the regime, said the Government needs 'to show China we mean business'. Former home secretary Suella Braverman said that it was now 'absolutely clear that China is a hostile threat'.

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