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China says it detained person accused of collecting secrets for Britain

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Chinese and British flags fly in London's Chinatown, Britain. [Reuters]

China says it has detained an individual accused of collecting state secrets on behalf of Britain's foreign intelligence agency MI6.

The Ministry of State Security posted on social media Monday that Britain had been cooperating since 2015 with the person, who it said was a citizen of a third nation and had the surname Huang.

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