China Claims Arrest of Spies Turned by US Ally

A married couple working in the heart of the Chinese government was placed under investigation after “solid evidence” showed that they had become “British spies,” China’s Ministry of State Security said on Monday. In what the MSS called a major espionage case plotted by Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, Beijing’s spy agency detailed how the husband and wife—identified only by their last names Wang and Zhou—were allegedly turned by a combination of cash and coercion. It began with Wang’s application in 2015 to study in the United Kingdom, the ministry said. It ended with MI6 offering generous…