MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing research

Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by Chinas intelligence serviceMI5 China alert will send chill through UKs cash-strapped universitiesChinas intelligence service used a front company to pay grants to British universities and steal crucial research about technology projects, MI5 said on Wednesday in a rare public espionage warning.Britains domestic security service said researchers and academics should cease work with the China General Tec...