German BfV warns of Chinese tech espionage via visiting scholars

Germany's domestic intelligence agency (BfV) publicly warns that China is conducting espionage to expand its political, economic, technological, and military dominance, specifically using visiting scholars as a vector. This marks an official escalation in German threat assessment rhetoric, though it continues a broader Western trend of heightened scrutiny on Chinese academic exchanges. The warning may influence German research policy and bilateral relations, but no specific incidents or evidence are cited.