‘Farcical’: China’s media gives short shrift to British spying allegations
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from World news | The Guardian on (#6EQ80)
Fallout from revelations has dominated news in UK but in China it has caused barely a ripple
The fallout from revelations that two people were arrested in the UK for allegedly spying for China has dominated British news since the story broke. In the heavily state-controlled media in China, however, it has caused barely a ripple.
It took more than a day for state-controlled press to run the story, reporting a short statement from its embassy in London and then comments from the foreign affairs ministry.
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