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Leadership contender says he will close 30 Mandarin teaching programmes to restrain Beijing’s soft power

WASHINGTON — When a U.K. citizen traveled to Colleyville, Texas, to take hostages at a synagogue in January, U.S. law enforcement had no information about his criminal record and terrorist sympathies in their databases. But the British did.

It follows Boris Johnson’s admission he met a former Russian spy without either officials or his security team present

In an unprecedented joint address, the directors of the FBI and MI5 warned on Wednesday of the multifaceted threat posed by Chinese espionage. They highlighted one potentially violent effort to prevent a Chinese dissident turned American citizen from running for a seat in Congress.

China foreign ministry says US is ‘biggest threat to world peace, stability and development’ after spying accusations.

The heads of MI5 and FBI warned of the growing long-term threat posed by China to UK and U.S. interests, in their first joint appearance on Wednesday.

Ken McCallum and Chris Wray warn businesses that China is determined to steal their technology for competitive gain.

The heads of the FBI and MI5 join forces to warn that China poses the biggest long-term threat to the security of the US, the UK and their allies.

THE Spanish Civil War has fascinated historians and the politically minded for nearly nine decades and most Scots with an interest in the subject…