The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

From the headlines of the worldwide press:

Chinese DM urges stronger information security
China says it will take measures to uphold its information security in ...
China to step up own security after new NSA allegations

This is getting old. All countries spy on each other, and, IMHO, German (and France and Israel, for that matter) has never been a good ally, just a benefactor of American largess. And, China ... well, it's China.

I suspect much of this is theater for local enjoyment. No government can appear soft on something as "ungentlemanly" as this.