Freddie Fulston

According to the agencies, Chinese spies are posing as employees of private consultancies, think tanks and HR firms.

Their strategy is to post online job adverts for foreign policy and defence analysts.

Targets are said to include Five Eyes nationals with security clearance.

But academics, journalists and think tank employees are also being approached.

The agencies say Chinese spies will then commission their assets to write reports, paying them anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.

The Chinese embassy in the UK strongly condemned the allegations as, quote, entirely fabricated and malicious slander.

In London, Freddie Fulston, Bloomberg Radio.

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According to the agencies, Chinese spies are posing as employees of private consultancies, think tanks and HR firms.

Their strategy is to post online job adverts for foreign policy and defence analysts.

Targets are said to include Five Eyes nationals with security clearance.

But academics, journalists and think tank employees are also being approached.

The agencies say Chinese spies will then commission their assets to write reports, paying them anywhere from a few hundred to several thousand dollars.

The Chinese embassy in the UK strongly condemned the allegations as, quote, entirely fabricated and malicious slander.

In London, Freddie Fulston, Bloomberg Radio.

Bloomberg's Freddie Fulston has more.

According to the agencies, Chinese spies are posing as employees of private consultancies, think tanks and HR firms.

Their strategy is to post online job adverts for foreign policy and defence analysts.

Targets are said to include Five Eyes nationals with security clearance.