China's growing anger against accusations of espionage by Germany

According to the report of Tasnim news agency, citing the “Spiegel” weekly newspaper, the anger against the accusations of espionage brought to China by Germany has increased and the country's tone has intensified. The Chinese government has declared that these are slanders and that Germany is obliged to “end the anti-Chinese political satire.”

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin said: After the accusations of espionage against China and the summoning of the German ambassador, Beijing once again verbally asserted its innocence in this matter: the so-called Chinese espionage case is a pure fabrication.

Wang continued: Beijing resolutely defends itself against any slander and humiliation of China. Beijing urges Germany to be vigilant against attempts to damage bilateral relations and end the anti-China political farce.

German Ambassador to Beijing Patricia Flore was summoned by Chinese authorities on Thursday after the arrest of four suspects in Germany accused of spying for China. Still, Fleur didn't let the maneuver scare her, saying confidently that it was “a very enlightening move,” but at least it was a good chance to explain a few things. He wrote in Messenger X: “We will not tolerate espionage in Germany. German democracy will be protected by means of the constitution.

A spokesman for China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Beijing's leadership immediately reacted with anger after the arrests, saying the accusations served to “slander and suppress China”. According to him, here is the issue of “destroying the space of cooperation between China and Europe”. Employees working on these cases in Germany must “put aside their Cold War mentality.”

At the beginning of the week, four German citizens were arrested on suspicion of spying for China. The case of the arrest of Jian Jie, an employee of Maximilian Kera, the top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party for the European elections, is particularly prominent. According to the federal attorney general, Jian is accused of acting as an agent of a foreign secret service in a very serious case.

Regarding the arrest of German nationals on the charge of doing secret services and espionage for China, the Chinese embassy said: We ask the German side to stop espionage accusations to politically manipulate China's image and defame this country.

Germany's federal prosecutor's office accuses one of those arrested of obtaining information about innovative technologies that could be used militarily on behalf of China. It is said that he used a German couple for this purpose. All three suspects are accused of acting as Secret Service agents and violating the Foreign Trade Act.

German media later reported that Germany's federal attorney general had arrested Jian Jie, an aide to the far-right Alternative for Germany party's main candidate for European elections, on similar charges.

He works as an aide to Maximilian Kreh, a member of the European Parliament from the far-right Alternative for Germany party, and is said to be living in Brussels and Dresden. Investigators believe that in this role he passed information on parliamentary operations to China's Ministry of State Security (MSS). In particular, they accuse him of spying on members of the Chinese opposition in Germany.

In England, an employee of the British Parliament and an English scientist were recently accused of spying for China. The case relates to alleged offenses between the end of 2021 and February 2023 that were “designed to directly or indirectly benefit the enemy,” the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Monday.

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