"} 4f:{"type":"p","text":"Investigators say they approached researchers at universities and other institutions over a period of time, sometimes presenting themselves as interpreters or employees linked to the automotive industry."} 50:{"type":"p","text":"Some academics were invited to China for paid speaking engagements that appeared to be aimed at civilian audiences, prosecutors said. But authorities now believe representatives of Chinese state-owned defense companies attended some of those events. "} 51:{"type":"p","text":"Prosecutors did not say whether any classified information was transferred, though the investigation appears focused on technologies considered strategically sensitive."} 52:{"type":"p","text":"Officers from the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office arrested the couple in Munich after warrants were issued by an investigating judge at Germany’s Federal Court of Justice on May 13. "} 53:{"type":"p","text":"Searches of homes and workplaces were still underway Wednesday. The suspects are expected to appear before a judge the same day, when prosecutors will seek pre-trial detention."} 54:{"type":"p","text":"The investigation stretches beyond Bavaria. Prosecutors said measures involving potential witnesses were also carried out in several other German states, including Berlin, Brandenburg, and North Rhine-Westphalia. Ten people who are not suspected of crimes are currently being treated as witnesses."} 55:{"type":"p","text":"Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, has been involved in the investigation alongside regional police authorities."} 56:{"type":"p","text":"The ar

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