China in Focus: February 2024 Highlights - Innovations, Military Advances, and Economic Growth
China reveals British national sentenced to jail in 2022 for spying. According to an article by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Stones worked in China for four decades with big US firms like General Motors and Pfizer and is believed to be around 70. He set up a Beijing-based investment management consulting firm some 15 years ago, said the WSJ, citing corporate records, online profiles, and people who know him. Mofa spokesman Wang Wenbin said the court had "tried the case strictly by the law," adding that Beijing had "fully guaranteed the various legitimate rights" and arranged for British officials to visit him and attend his trial. She also claimed her father was healthy at the beginning of his detention but had received "inconsistent medical care and poor nutrition leading to severe and life-threatening injuries." "The judicial organs strictly promote the handling of cases by the law, safeguarding the rights and legitimate interests of Chinese natio...