Beijing claimed on Tuesday ( Apr 23 ) that the country’s arrests and charges against those accused of spying for China were intended to” smear and suppress” the country.
Three European citizens were detained on Monday in the west of Germany on suspicion of sharing info on sea technology, according to prosecutors in a statement.
Herwig F, Ina F, and Thomas R are accused of participating in an information-gathering initiative funded by Taiwanese state agencies, as well as of exporting a light to China without authorization.
In Britain, two people were charged the same day with handing over “articles, documents, documents or information” to China between 2021 and last year.
Authorities identified the people as Christopher Berry, 32, and Christoper Cash, 29, who formerly worked at the UK parliament as a scientist.
Another person, an secretary to a far-right politician in Germany who was running in the European elections on June 8, was detained on suspicion of spying for China, according to European prosecutors on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, editors questioned Wang Wenbin, a spokeswoman for China’s foreign ministry, about the claims in greater detail.
According to Wang,” New reports on China’s so-called spy actions in Europe are all hyped up and intended to demonize and suppress China.”
” In the past two weeks, we have also noticed information from the UK, along with reports from Germany.”
We tightly oppose this gimmick, and we demand that relevant parties stop disseminating false information about the so-called” China spy threat,” stop social defamation, and stop lying to China, he said.