Daily Mail: British Navy drops custom of employing Chinese servants on warships over fears they may spy for Beijing
* It comes after MI5 spy chief warned China is trying to steal Britain’s nuclear technology secrets from Britain
The British Navy has dropped the custom of employing Chinese laundry workers on warships over fears they may spy for Beijing, according to a report.
Hundreds of Chinese laundrymen have worked on British ships since the 1930s, but the majority were taken on from Hong Kong to wash and press sailors’ uniforms and officers’ white tablecloths.
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Update #1: BEIJING BAN Navy ditches custom of Chinese servants on British warships over spy fears (The SUN)
Update #2: British Navy dumps 90-year-old Chinese laundrymen tradition (Next Shark)
WNU Editor: These Chinese laundry workers will be replaced by Nepali Gurkhas …. British Navy replacing Chinese laundrymen with Nepali Gurkhas to prevent spying (First Post).
I also wonder if this “Chinese ban” will extend to other services/departments in the Royal Navy.