Article 659WQ UK minister criticised over ‘crass and archaic’ trope about Chinese people

UK minister criticised over ‘crass and archaic’ trope about Chinese people

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Kevin Rawlinson
from Technology | The Guardian on (#659WQ)

Mark Spencer spoke of possibility some little man in China' could be listening in to his conversations

A UK government minister has been criticised for using a crass and archaic" trope when talking about Chinese people during a broadcast interview.

The environment minister Mark Spencer referred to the possibility that some little man in China" could be listening in to his conversations when discussing reports a device belonging to the former prime minister and foreign secretary Liz Truss had been compromised by foreign agents.

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