{"id":159026,"date":"2026-10-20T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159026"},"modified":"2026-10-20T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T06:00:05","slug":"china-protests-uk-border-searches-phone-seizures-amid-growing-espionage-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159026","title":{"rendered":"China protests UK border searches, phone seizures amid growing espionage tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has lodged a formal representation with the UK after British border authorities subjected Chinese citizens to extended questioning and seizures of personal electronic devices, including mobile phones.<br \/>\nAccording to a statement from China\u2019s embassy in Britain, multiple Chinese nationals \u2013 including trade delegates, tourists and people visiting relatives \u2013 have experienced long delays, as well as questioning by Border Force officers and confiscation of phones and other devices.<br \/>\nThe embassy&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3371459\/china-protests-uk-border-searches-phone-seizures-amid-growing-espionage-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has lodged a formal representation with the UK after British border authorities subjected Chinese citizens to extended questioning and seizures of personal electronic&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159026"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}