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US robber plays the cop in false cyber charges
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THE United States on Monday plunged itself into blatant hypocrisy as it slapped some fabricated cyber-espionage charges against five Chinese military officers.
The baseless accusations of hacking into US companies’ computer systems to steal trade secrets for Chinese state-owned firms is a telling indictment of Washington’s double standard on cyber-security. Beijing is a steadfast defender of cyber-security. As Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang has reiterated, the Chinese government and military have never engaged in cyber theft of trade secrets.
Washington’s deliberate fabrication, behind which there is likely to be a hidden agenda, grossly violates the basic norms governing international relations and jeopardizes China-US cooperation and mutual trust.
A thief crying thief
And that’s not all.
Washington’s pursuit of the groundless cyber-spying charges is also a typical case of a thief crying thief.
It has been undeniably substantiated that the world’s sole superpower is easily the biggest eavesdropper on the planet. Washington is at the core of a global network of organized website-hacking and telephone-tapping.
In Washington’s global wiretapping web, China is a major victim.
Publicly available information shows that US spooks have long been targeting Chinese government organs, institutions, enterprises and individuals.
The sprawling US spying scheme has shocked the international community and drawn vehement condemnation. To date, Washington still refuses to offer China and the world a thorough explanation.
In the face of Washington’s hypocritical indictment of Chinese military personnel, China needs to respond.
Suspending the operations of a bilateral group on cyber affairs is a reasonable start, but more countermeasures should be prepared in case Washington obstinately sticks to the wrong track.
It is advisable and imperative that Washington immediately withdraw the made-up charges against the Chinese officers and return to the course of dialogue and cooperation. Otherwise, it should take full responsibility for the consequences of the farce that features itself as a robber playing cop.
The author is a Xinhua writer.
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