UK drops case against 2 men accused of spying for China

British prosecutors on Monday dropped charges of spying for China against two men, including a former researcher for a senior British lawmaker, provoking dismay from the government which said it was concerned about Beijing's espionage threat.

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Former director of the China Research Group think tank Christopher Cash, 30, and Christopher Berry, 33, were charged with passing sensitive information to China and due on trial next month, having denied all the accusations against them.

However, prosecutor Tom Little told London’s Old Bailey Court that the case against the pair, both British nationals, no longer met the evidential threshold and would not proceed.