The Chinese authorities have requested that "narratives about 'Chinese spies'" not continue to be spread after the United States announced the arrest, before boarding a flight to Shanghai, of a "suspected agent" from China accused of surveilling Lai Ting Yu, son of the President of Taiwan, Lai Ching Te.
The spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiakun, has stated that "China opposes being vilified through the dissemination of the so-called narrative of the 'Chinese spy'," and added that "he is not familiar" with this specific case, which was made public on Sunday by the FBI.
According to the FBI's version, the woman identified as a "suspected agent" of China was arrested at Los Angeles airport. The agency claims that the detainee "was surveilling the son of the President of Taiwan and his family, recording their home and vehicles, and transmitting the information to her superiors in the People's Republic of China."
The FBI director, Kash Patel, drew the attention of Washington's "foreign adversaries" to "take note" that the United States "is no longer a safe place to carry out their espionage operations." "Allegedly surveilling the family of a foreign leader on U.S. territory for the People's Republic of China and trying to catch a flight back to Shanghai? No way," he concluded.