The far-right Alternative for Germany’s lead candidate in next month’s EU elections has attacked the west’s “complete paranoia” about China and defended his controversial support for Beijing’s policies.
Maximilian Krah was speaking to the Financial Times a month after his staffer Jian Guo was arrested on suspicion of spying for Beijing. Krah, who is standing for re-election as a member of the European parliament next month, said Guo’s arrest was part of a “campaign” by the authorities to discredit his party, the AfD, ahead of the vote.
“These days every Chinese person is suspected of being a spy,” Krah said. “It’s complete paranoia.”
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