We did a great job this time! You arrest my people, and I'll arrest your people! Dealing with such unreasonable actions, being tough is more effective! At the beginning of July, according to the request from the United States, the Italian police arrested Xu Zewei, the technical executive of a Chinese semiconductor company. At that time, Xu Zewei and his family were visiting Italy, and they were arrested by the Italian police right after landing at the airport. It is clearly evident that this arrest was the result of a conspiracy between the Italian police and the FBI of the United States.
Why did they arrest our technical executive? The evidence provided by the Italian side was only an email login record, which was used to accuse our technical personnel of involvement in hacking attacks. These actions are obviously a case of Italy cooperating with the United States to implement extraterritorial jurisdiction. In a way, this is another incident similar to the Meng Wanzhou case. Facing the illegal arrest actions by the United States and Italy, we will not tolerate it at all.
After this incident occurred, two consecutive events took place. The first one was the restriction on the departure of Mao Chenyue, a senior executive of Wells Fargo Bank in the United States. The second one was the event where a U.S. citizen of Chinese descent employed by the U.S. Department of Commerce was prohibited from leaving the country. As to whether these two events have any connection with the previous one, it's up to people to judge. However, this undoubtedly sends a very clear signal to the United States, which is that if you arbitrarily arrest my people, we also have ways to exert pressure.
The two people we arrested are working in finance and in the "hawkish department" against China in the United States—the U.S. Department of Commerce. The things they did behind the scenes that harmed our interests might be numerous. It is obvious that responding directly to the United States is more effective than trying to reason with them. In short, if the United States is wise, it should release the people as soon as possible. China is not France or Japan. It is absolutely not allowed to use extraterritorial jurisdiction to attack our companies. When countries deal with each other, it's about reciprocity. The United States should not make any miscalculations about this.
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