Did China spy on Elon Musk, other tech executives during Trump's Beijing visit? Blogger makes big claim

The delegation of US President Donald Trump was spied on by China during his two-day visit to Beijing last week, according to independent blogger and author Jennifer Zeng.Zeng has accused China of using "disguised" military personnel to monitor foreign dignitaries and technology executives accompanying the US delegation.In a series of social media posts, Zeng alleged that a server standing directly behind billionaire Elon Musk at a state banquet in Beijing was “a highly decorated active-duty Chinese military officer.”

She also shared an image of two female servers from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) state banquet honouring Trump, claiming that photos of the same women “in uniform” were being widely circulated on Chinese social media.In another post, Zheng alleged that one of the waitresses standing behind Musk was Major Cheng Cheng, whom she described as an "elite battalion commander who had reportedly helped draft operational manuals for Chinese military ceremonies."In a third post, Zheng further claimed: “I think Cheng Cheng had a gun or something under her red dress.”TOI could not independently verify the claim.This is not the first time Zeng has accused Beijing of espionage.

In 2023, she alleged that the Chinese Communist Party played a role in the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. According to Zheng, China’s “purpose was to frame India, creating discord between India and the West.”The killing of Nijjar, a Canadian citizen, had triggered diplomatic tensions between New Delhi and Ottawa.Trump’s visit to Beijing marked the first trip by a US president to China since November 2017, when the Republican leader — then serving his first term — visited the Asian nation.