UK removed 'enemy' from China spy case due to former government policy

LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – Britain did not label China as an "enemy" in its evidence to prosecutors in an espionage case that has heaped pressure on the prime minister because it was not the policy of the then-Conservative government, the statement's author said on Friday. 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. China says the case is entirely fabricated and a malicious slander. The CPS said the case had been dropped because it needed evidence showing Britain considered China a threat to national security, but