Chinese 'spies' at UK universities where academics are suspected of passing technology face arrests


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Net closes in on Chinese 'spies' in UK universities where academics are suspected of passing pioneering British technology to Beijing - Specialists have drawn up list of academics suspected of passing on technology - Universities under scrutiny include Manchester, Liverpool and Imperial College - No suggestion any of the institutions are aware of, or complicit in, wrongdoing A high-level probe into Chinese ‘spies’ working in British universities could lead to arrests within weeks, The Mail on Sunday has been told. Specialists at the Foreign Office, Special Branch and HMRC have drawn up a list of academics suspected of passing sensitive...