China; German Eurofighter pilots also recruited to teach about NATO procedures.

So far it was known that former military from the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States have also been hired by Beijing.

China’s desire to know the uses of Western pilots has led it to recruit ex-servicemen from countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States from whom to obtain information. To this list is also added Germany, according to the information recognized by its Minister of Defense, Boris Pistorius, who has expressly asked his Chinese counterpart, Shangfu Li, to stop hiring former members of its air force (Luftwaffe).

Pistorius explained, after a meeting with Li this weekend, that in his meeting with him he directly raised “the issue of German pilots of the Bundeswehr [German Armed Forces] who, apparently, have been recruited to train Chinese pilots.” The German minister has asked him “that this practice cease immediately”, in addition to suggesting that the Chinese minister himself “probably would not be very happy if I tried to do the same”.