China Suspends US China Cyber Group Following Indictments -- Voice of America
BEIJING — China has responded strongly to the U.S. indictment of five Chinese military officers, calling the charges a pure fabrication. Beijing's foreign ministry is calling for the United States to withdraw the indictment and says it is suspending the activities of a joint cyber working group.
In a rare and swift response to the indictment, China’s foreign ministry posted statements on its Web site in both English and Chinese calling the U.S. allegations “ungrounded and absurd.”
The ministry repeated China’s oft-stated position that the Chinese military and its personnel have never engaged in the electronic theft of trade secrets. It accused the U.S. of what it called “severe cyber theft, wiretapping and surveillance activities.”
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