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A sinister brush with the Chinese spy state

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Narrated by James Marriott

I share the concern of Professor Steve Tsang (“Xi’s student spy army – and how they can be outsmarted”, News Review, last week). I taught a master’s module on communications at a UK university.

One of the case studies I used to illustrate the use of public relations was Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, which disappeared from radar screens without trace in 2014. Two Chinese students stood up and shouted in the lecture that the flight had been downed to kill Chinese passengers.

I told them this was preposterous and disrespectful, but they insisted it was true. I asked about their source. They told me it was the Xinhua news agency. I told them that as Xinhua was the

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