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Ex-MI6 boss voices fears over British intelligence blind spot with Beijing

Source: PA Archive

The former deputy head of MI6 has warned that the British intelligence service is not equipped to handle covert threats from China.

Nigel Inkster said his concerns stem from the basis that MI6 “clearly does have difficulties, in terms of language expertise and collective general historical and cultural awareness” when it

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