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Posted on June 3, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
China denies Dutch minister's claims of intensified espionage, asserting its tech achievements are not stolen. Focus on semiconductor industry.
BEIJING (Reuters) -China denied on Tuesday that its scientific and technological achievements were due to "stolen" intellectual property, after comments by the Dutch defence minister accusing Beijing of intensifying its espionage, especially on semiconductors.
China firmly opposes attempts to "smear" it using accusations of "spying" and "cyberattacks" as a pretext, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a written response to Reuters. It urged relevant sides to look at China objectively and fairly.
The Dutch military intelligence agency said last year that Chinese spies had targeted the Dutch semiconductor, aerospace and maritime industries. Such attacks have intensified, Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said at a forum on Saturday.
(Reporting by Liz Lee and Beijing NewsroomEditing by Gareth Jones)
China denied that its scientific and technological achievements were due to 'stolen' intellectual property.
The Dutch Defence Minister accused Beijing of being involved in spying and cyberattacks targeting the Dutch semiconductor, aerospace, and maritime industries.
The Chinese foreign ministry firmly opposed the accusations, calling them attempts to 'smear' China and urged relevant sides to stop using such pretexts.
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