British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's attempt to draw a line under a collapsed China spying case by publishing witness statements has prompted more questions for the legal system and for a leader who is struggling with low popularity ratings. Britain's Crown Prosecution Service unexpectedly dropped charges last month against two British men, former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash and academic Christopher Berry, who were accused of spying for Beijing between 2021 and 2023. They had denied passing politically sensitive information to the Chinese state.

The CPS said the case was dropped because it needed evidence showing Britain considered China a threat to national security, but the government had not provided it after months of requests. STATEMENTS DID NOT UNEQUIVOCALLY LABEL CHI

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