仅事实
英国政府对华立场导致两名男子间谍案崩溃
摘要
英国政府拒绝将中国列为国家安全威胁，导致针对克里斯托弗·卡什和克里斯托弗·贝里涉嫌为北京从事间谍活动的案件崩溃。
针对克里斯托弗·卡什和克里斯托弗·贝里的间谍案因英国政府拒绝将中国归类为国家安全威胁而崩溃。
克里斯托弗·卡什，一名前议会研究员，与克里斯托弗·贝里被控违反《官方机密法》，指控他们在2021年12月至2023年2月期间提供可能“对敌人有用”的信息。两人均否认指控。
公共检察官署署长斯蒂芬·帕金森表示，由于政府拒绝作证证明中国在涉嫌犯罪时构成国家安全威胁，案件无法继续进行。
首相基尔·斯塔默强调，起诉必须基于涉嫌犯罪时的情况，指出前保守党政府的政策将中国描述为“划时代的挑战”而非威胁。
保守党议员批评政府处理此案的方式，阿莉西亚·柯恩斯敦促对案件崩溃的原因保持透明。
中国大使馆驳斥指控，称其为“恶意诽谤”。
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The espionage case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry collapsed due to the UK government's refusal to classify China as a national security threat.
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Christopher Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry were charged under the Official Secrets Act with providing information that could be 'useful to an enemy' between December 2021 and February 2023.
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Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson stated that the case could not proceed because the government declined to testify that China represented a threat to national security at the time of the alleged offenses.
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer emphasized that prosecutions must be based on the circumstances at the time of the alleged offense, noting that the previous Conservative government's policy described China as an 'epoch-defining challenge' rather than a threat.
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Conservative lawmakers criticized the government's handling of the case, with Alicia Kearns urging transparency about the reasons for the trial's collapse.
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