UK Conservatives Push for Watchdog to Counter Chinese Interference

UK Conservatives Push for Watchdog to Counter Chinese Interference
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to paint the eyes on Chinese Lions, as he hosts a Chinese New Year reception at 10 Downing Street in central London on Jan. 24, 2020. Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Images
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Britain should set up a specialist watchdog focusing on countering foreign interference operations by hostile states such as China, a group of Conservative Party lawmakers has suggested.

The China Research Group, which was founded in April by a group of Conservative MPs who advocate for a tougher UK position on the Chinese regime, called for the establishment of such a body in its first published report, which was released on Monday.