By Saadet Gokce
ISTANBUL (AA) - China on Wednesday slammed the UK, saying it is "time to stop those phantom allegations and the false projection," after British intelligence agency MI5 issued a warning of "Chinese spying threats."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said during a news conference on Wednesday that Beijing "never interferes in other countries’ internal affairs and has absolutely no interest in the so-called 'intelligence' of the UK Parliament," according to a transcript of the conference.
British Security Minister Dan Jarvis on Tuesday warned of "Chinese spying threats" that are interfering with British democracy after the country's intelligence agency MI5 issued an espionage alert to parliament.