Why is Prince Andrew being blamed for the China spy?
The News Agents
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4.2 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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A modern day thriller - a Chinese spy who infiltrated not only government, but Buckingham Palace. The alleged spy, Yang Tengbo, says he did "done nothing wrong or unlawful". How did Prince Andrew get mixed up in this, and why is he getting so much flack?
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.8 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.3 | Have you been in contact with Buckingham Palace and Prince Andrew about this matter? |
| 0:19.2 | And are we in Europe too easy on Chinese spionage? |
| 0:23.6 | Well in relation to any discussions with Buckingham Palace, there's a long-standing convention |
| 0:29.3 | in the United Kingdom that's never spoken about. |
| 0:34.1 | Well, I think the question was about Chinese espionage rather than Chinese spinach, which |
| 0:38.3 | is what it slightly sounded like. |
| 0:40.3 | But what you heard there was Kirstama playing the deadest of dead bats, but this is a formidable |
| 0:47.3 | story about a Chinese spy, a member of the royal family, and the proximity to government and the British establishment. |
| 0:56.0 | And today, a High Court judge ruled that the Chinese spy could be named. |
| 1:02.1 | We now know he's Yang Tangbo. He's a 50-year-old director of a Chinese investment consultancy |
| 1:07.6 | firm and a likely threat to national security. |
| 1:11.5 | But is he just the tip of the iceberg? |
| 1:14.7 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:19.0 | The Newsagents. |
| 1:20.8 | It's John. |
| 1:21.7 | It's Emily. |
| 1:22.5 | It's Lewis. |
| 1:22.9 | And it is a spy thriller out of something from Le Carre in a way. |
| 1:29.0 | Because what you've got is you've got the royal family. |
| 1:32.1 | You've got a Chinese spy. |
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