China conducted ‘large scale espionage operations’ against UK, top official warned in collapsed spy case

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LONDON — China’s intelligence services carried out “large scale espionage operations” that threatened the U.K.’s economy and security, a senior British government official told prosecutors in a collapsed alleged spying case that sparked a heated political row in Westminster. Matthew Collins, the U.K.’s deputy national security adviser, said in written evidence released late Wednesday that the alleged activities of two men accused of spying for China were “prejudicial to the safety or interests