BERLIN (Reuters) - The German ambassador to China was summoned by Beijing on Thursday in response to several arrests in Germany on suspicion of Chinese espionage, a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry told Reuters.

Patricia Flor says the summons is 'quite telling' and she told the Chinese foreign ministry Germany does not tolerate spying from any country Beijing describes the accusations as 'groundless' and says it has demanded that Berlin stops 'malicious speculation and anti-China political farce' China's foreign ministry summoned the German ambassador over Berlin's arrest of four German citizens accused of spying for Beijing.

The German government and opposition lawmakers have assailed the far-right Alternative for Germany for its alleged closeness to Russia and China after an assistant to a legislator for the party was ar