'Farcical': China's media gives short shrift to British spying allegations

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. The message was short: the allegations were baseless and the UK was "hyping" it up. On Tuesday, the Global Times, a hawkish state-backed tabloid, published an editorial from its former editor…