Question: Yesterday, MI5 Director General Ken McCallum claimed that he would pay special attention to the “threat from China”, accusing China of trying to co-opt British MPs and future political figures, and monitor and intimidate overseas Chinese. What is China’s comment?

Embassy Spokesperson: Those remarks made by the above-mentioned British official are pure fabrication and malicious slander. China firmly opposes and strongly condemns it.

China has always adhered to the policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. We have no need or interest to “co-opt” British political figures. His allegation against China is concocted out of thin air and totally groundless. The so-called “monitoring and intimidation of Chinese diaspora” is sheer disinformation and nothing but a trick of a thief crying “stop thief”.

Our advice for this particular British official is to seek treatment for his delusional disorder, stop spreading anti-China rumours, and stop inciting rivalry and confrontation, so as to avoid leading China-UK relations astray.