SYDNEY, Australia: Two suspected Chinese spies gave a Sydney businessman envelopes of cash for information about subjects that include a government deal with the United States and the United Kingdom to build a fleet of Australian nuclear-powered submarines, prosecutors told a court on Monday.

The businessman, Alexander Csergo, was refused bail when he appeared, by video link from prison, in Sydney's Downing Center Local Court and was charged with one count of reckless foreign interference.

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