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A suspected Chinese spy who worked as a top aide to a far-right German politician in the European Parliament had previously applied to work for Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND. The accused spy, Jian Guo, was turned down by the BND several years ago, according to information obtained by dpa. The man also reportedly applied to work for the BfV domestic security service in the eastern German state of Saxony but was rejected as unreliable. Jian Guo was dismissed by Maximillian Krah, the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) top lawmaker in the European Parliament, earlier this w…

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