一名居住在德国的 38 岁中国女子因涉嫌向中国的间谍机构提供关于德国武器出口的敏感信息而被逮捕。此事件反映了德国对中国和俄罗斯情报活动日益增长的担忧。
根据德国联邦检察官周二发布的声明，这名女子仅以“X. Yaqi”为名，遵守严格隐私规则，在东德莱比锡/哈勒机场工作。据称她向中国提供了与武器出口相关的航班、货物和乘客信息，以及一家德国武器制造商员工的信息。
该机场位于柏林西南约90英里处，是欧洲最大的货运枢纽之一，每年处理超过150万吨货物。警方表示这名女子为一家在机场运营的物流公司工作。
除此外，她还与一名被指控为中国在德国和布鲁塞尔间谍的中国男子（名为Jian G.）关系密切。警方在周一逮捕了该女子，并对她的莱比锡住所以及她在机场的工作地点进行了搜查。
自2022年俄罗斯入侵乌克兰以来，柏林对德国境内的活跃间谍活动深感忧虑，尤其是来自中国的关注，而中国是德国最大的贸易伙伴之一。
去年，安全专家和地方议员采取行动阻止基尔港口与与中国青岛的伙伴关系，担忧这可能用于监视德国海军以及涉及当地军事产业（包括重要潜艇制造商）的情报收集。4月时，德国当局逮捕了三名被认为向中国的安全机构泄露敏感海军数据及高功率激光器的德国公民。
同月，警方还逮捕了在欧洲联盟远右翼政党担任议会助理的一名男子Jian G.，他认为后者是中华人民共和国国家安全机关的员工。他被指控多次提供有关议会审议的信息，并且调查人员相信他曾对在中国境内的德国反对组织进行情报活动。为Jian G. 提供其服务的议员马克西米连·克拉赫否认与中国的国家安全部门有任何联系。
根据调查，该女子被怀疑在 2023 年夏季至今年 2 月期间直接向 Jiean G.传递秘密信息，这部分涉及到一家德国武器制造商，但检方并未透露具体是哪家公司。
中国驻柏林大使馆对这一新被捕事件未作出回应，也未对此进行评论。检察机关未指明所传递的信息是否涉及向乌克兰出口武器或监控其他航班。安东诺夫航空公司（一个乌克兰公司的机队包含世界上最大的货运飞机之一）将其飞机转移到莱比锡/哈勒机场，这发生在俄罗斯在2022年初入侵乌克兰后，摧毁了靠近基辅的安东诺夫主场机场。
作为仅次于美国的第二大直接军事援助国，德国在今年计划向乌克兰提供超过70亿欧元（约78亿美元）的装备以帮助抵御俄罗斯的入侵。虽然大部分通过波兰经公路或铁路运往乌，但有些是以空运方式部分运抵。
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原文地址：Germany Accuses Woman of Spying for China on Arms Exports
新闻日期：2024-10-01
原文摘要：
A 38-year-old Chinese woman living in Germany has been arrested on accusations of supplying China’s intelligence services with sensitive information on Germany’s weapons exports. It is the latest spying-related arrest amid increasing worry in Germany about intelligence gathering by China and Russia. Germany’s federal prosecutor said in a statement on Tuesday that the woman, identified only as Yaqi X. in keeping with strict privacy rules, worked at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany. She is accused of passing along information about “flights, freight and passengers” related to arms exports, as well as information on employees of a German weapons manufacturer, the statement said. The airport, roughly 90 miles southwest of Berlin, is one of Europe’s largest cargo hubs, handling over 1.5 million tons of freight each year. The authorities said that Ms. X. worked for a logistics company that operates out of the airport. The authorities said she also had close links to a Chinese man, identified as Jian G., who was arrested in Germany in April and accused of being a spy in Germany and Brussels. The police arrested Ms. X. on Monday and searched her apartment in Leipzig and her workplace at the airport. Berlin has become concerned with the number of active spies in Germany since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine as well as intelligence gathering by China, Germany’s largest trade partner. Last year, security experts and local lawmakers moved to stop the port city of Kiel from twinning with the Chinese port city of Qingdao over fears that the relationship could be used for spying on the German navy and the local military industry, which includes a major submarine builder. And in April, German authorities arrested three German citizens suspected of passing on sensitive naval data and a high-powered laser to Chinese security services. That month, the police arrested Mr. G., who was working as a parliamentary assistant to a far-right European Union lawmaker. Prosecutors also believed he was an employee of the Chinese secret service. He is accused of repeatedly passing along information about parliamentary deliberations, and investigators believe that he spied on Chinese opposition groups in Germany. The lawmaker for whom he was a parliamentary assistant, Maximilian Krah, has denied knowledge of any links between the man and the Chinese state security apparatus. Ms. X. is suspected of passing secret information directly to Mr. G. between the summer of 2023 and February of this year, according to investigators. That information was in part linked to a German weapons manufacturer, they say, although prosecutors declined to identify which one. The Chinese Embassy in Berlin did not respond to calls or an email seeking comment about the latest arrest. Prosecutors declined to specify whether the information was related to arms exports to Ukraine or if other flights were monitored. Antonov Airlines, a Ukrainian company whose fleet includes some of the world’s largest cargo planes, moved its planes to Leipzig/Halle after Russian forces invaded Ukraine in early 2022 and destroyed Antonov’s home airport at Hostomel, close to Kyiv. After the United States, Germany is the second biggest donor of direct military aid to Ukraine. This year alone, Berlin plans to send more than 7 billion euros, or about $7.8 billion, in equipment to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia’s invasion. Although most is brought to Ukraine via truck or train through Poland, some has been sent at least part way as air cargo.
