Dutch Defense Minister Warns of Escalating Chinese Spy Operations

The semiconductor industry is a key espionage target for China, according to Ruben Brekelmans
Dutch Defense Minister Warns of Escalating Chinese Spy Operations
Dutch Minister of Defense Ruben Brekelmans speaks at at event in Oslo, Norway, on May 9, 2025. NTB/Terje Pedersen via Reuters
Tom Ozimek
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Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans warned on May 31 that Chinese cyber espionage targeting the Netherlands is intensifying, with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) particularly focused on stealing advanced semiconductor technology.

“The semiconductor industry, which we are technologically leading—or technology advanced, of course—to get that intellectual property, that’s interesting to China,” Brekelmans told Reuters on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore on May 30.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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