https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/china-funding-uk-research-and-sending-it-to-beijing-s-spies-mi5-warnsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/china-funding-uk-research-and-sending-it-to-beijing-s-spies-mi5-warnshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/china-funding-uk-research-and-sending-it-to-beijing-s-spies-mi5-warns#u99055Sun, 04 Oct 2026 14:31:31 +0000Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 has issued an espionage alert warning UK universities that the China General Technology Research Institute is operating as a front to steal technology secrets and fund research on behalf of Beijing's Ministry of State Security. Academics across Britain are being urged to sever all ties and cut off research partnerships with the organization. MI5 states that more than one hundred UK-linked academics have helped China boost its intelligence capabilities by working with the front company on sensitive topics including artificial intelligence, cy