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

News Snapshot:

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...