Following the espionage allegations against several Germans earlier this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has summoned the German ambassador Patricia Flor in Beijing. Flor made the statement Thursday on the X platform. She called the summons „a quite telling move.“ However, she used the opportunity to clarify a few things. „We do not tolerate espionage in Germany, regardless of which country it comes from [and] we protect our democracy and our constitutional state by constitutional means.“ She concluded: „The Federal Public Prosecutor General conducts the investigations. In the end, an independent court will decide on the accusations.“