UNTERBACH, Switzerland—The Hotel Rössli, a century-old lodge in this Alpine valley village, enjoys a spectacular view from its front. A graduate of Beijing New Talent Academy, where tuition tops out at $35,800, he later studied at the Swiss Hotel Management School in Montreux, Switzerland. The Swiss Federal Intelligence Services declined to comment in detail, instead sending a section from “Switzerland’s Security," an annual report. Several Chinese citizens deemed to be spies by Swiss authorities have been caught in recent years, most asked to quietly leave, Swiss intelligence experts say. U.S. meetings with sympathetic counterparts in Swiss intelligence came and went without commitments.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 16, 2024 14:33 UTC