US, NATO Concerned About China Recruiting Their Service Members

USAFE-AFAFRICA describes China’s recruiting effort as an ‘emerging threat to U.S. and NATO security.’

Flags wave outside the Alliance headquarters ahead of a NATO Defence Ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 21, 2021. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

China has targeted NATO countries looking to recruit their current and former service members, according to Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe–Air Forces Africa (USAFE–AFAFRICA).

Gen. Hecker, also the commander of NATO Allied Air Command, commented on the Chinese regime’s recruitment efforts on Feb. 12 during a media roundtable at the Air & Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Colorado, according to Breaking Defense.