China reacts to US cyber security worries

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http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90883/7674957.html

(People's Daily Online)
14:41, December 13, 2011

Beijing, Dec. 13 (People's Daily Online) -- China yesterday responded to 
America's worries that China-based hackers pose a threat to U.S. 
government agencies and companies.

At a daily press briefing on Monday in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry 
spokesman Liu Weimin was asked to make a remark on America's escalating 
concerns about threats U.S. government agencies and companies face from 
Chinese hackers.

"Chinese governments have always opposed and strictly forbidden any 
illegal activities related to cyber hackings," said Liu. "China is a 
major victim of foreign hacking."

Recently, U.S. cybersecurity analysts and experts have expressed 
suspicions that some specific China-based cyber attacks stealing 
critical data from U.S. companies and government agencies might be 
government-backed.

Liu said that Internet security is an issue that the world needs to 
address collectively, and China seeks to protect information and 
Internet security with the international community through cooperation 
based on equality and mutual benefit.

"The international community should prevent the Internet from becoming a 
new battlefield," Liu said. (Li Zhenyu)


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