China Wants Washington To Explain Its Monitoring Programs To The International Community

Protesters marched in Hong Kong on Saturday in support of Edward J. Snowden. Bobby Yip/Reuters

China Asks U.S. To Explain Internet Surveillance -- Reuters

(Reuters) - China made its first substantive comments on Monday to reports of U.S. surveillance of the Internet, demanding that Washington explain its monitoring programs to the international community.

Several nations, including U.S. allies, have reacted angrily to revelations by an ex-CIA employee over a week ago that U.S. authorities had tapped the servers of internet companies for personal data.

"We believe the United States should pay attention to the international community's concerns and demands and give the international community the necessary explanation," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at a daily briefing.

The Chinese government has previously not commented directly on the case, simply repeating the government's standard line that China is one of the world's biggest victims of hacking attacks.

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My Comment: Some in the U.S. are speculating if Edward Snowden is actually a Chinese spy .... China is denying these claims. But what is more revealing is reaction among the Chinese media .... they do not want the Chinese government to extradite Snowden to the U.S.. Bottom line .... the U.S. is not going to explain to China NSA policy, and the Chinese (for the moemnt) are not going to extradite Snowden to the U.S..