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Beijing responds to U.S. jitters over cybersecurity

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2018-01-30 09:14:53China Daily Zhang Shiyu ECNS App Download

Ministry calls for restraint, global mutual trust to block data threats

Beijing called for the international community on Monday to enhance dialogue and cooperation on the basis of mutual trust to jointly cope with cybersecurity threats.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying, in a daily news conference, sought cooperation after a senior U.S. official said on Sunday the U.S. government is considering a superfast 5G wireless network to counter the threat of spying by China on U.S. phone calls.

The official, confirming the gist of a report from the news site Axios.com, said the option was being debated at a low level in the administration and was six to eight months away from being considered by the president himself.

The 5G network concept is aimed at addressing what officials see as China's threat to U.S. cybersecurity and economic security.

This month, AT&T was forced to scrap a plan to offer its customers handsets built by China's Huawei Technologies Co after some members of Congress lobbied against the idea with federal regulators.

In 2012, Huawei and ZTE Corp were the subject of a U.S. investigation into whether their equipment provided an opportunity for foreign espionage and threatened critical U.S. infrastructure.

China holds a consistent stance on the issue and the government firmly forbids and cracks down on all forms of cyberattacks, Hua said.

The worldwide outbreak of the WannaCry cyber virus in May 2017 shows that cyber weaponization is a threat to global cybersecurity and will probably increase the risk of an arms race in cyberspace, she said. "We believe that the international community should, on the basis of mutual respect and trust, strengthen dialogue and cooperation and join hands in addressing the threat of cyberattacks to maintain the peace and stability of cyberspace," Hua said.

Wang Yiwei, a professor of international studies at Renmin University of China, said the U.S. move has several purposes.

China and the U.S. are taking leading roles in the internet, so the U.S. sees China as its threat and rival, Wang said.

Under the slogan of threat, the U.S. is actually carrying out protectionism for its domestic market, to the dissatisfaction of China, he said.

The U.S. cares deeply about the 5G market, but lost its monopoly status in the area, so the country is trying to catch up and remain vigilant against China, he said.

  

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