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China expresses strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to US for rallying a new cybersecurity smear campaign against China

Global Times

By Global Times Published: Aug 29, 2025 05:02 PM

In response to the latest US accusations against China over cybersecurity issues, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that China always opposes and fights hacking activities in accordance with the law. And China firmly opposes spreading disinformation out of political agenda. China strongly deplores and firmly opposes US bringing certain countries along to smear and vilify China under the pretext of cybersecurity, Guo said.

As is known by all, the "PRISM" program disclosed by Edward Snowden has shown that the US has been proven to be the world's largest "hacking empire" and "eavesdropping empire." Even the countries, the US' so-called allies, that participated in the farce this time, were once victims of its eavesdropping and surveillance. Yet now the US is attempting to falsely accuse China of "cyber espionage." This is typical hypocrisy of claiming itself to be the victim while it's the other way around.

Reuters reported on Wednesday that an unusually broad coalition composed of the US, its traditional English-speaking allies, and other nations including Germany, Italy and Japan is calling out three Chinese companies over alleged hacking activity, in what a Chinese expert described as a groundless move reflecting their apprehension about China's rising cyberspace capabilities.

In a 37-page advisory published on Wednesday, the countries accused the firms - Sichuan Juxinhe Network Technology, Beijing Huanyu Tianqiong Information Technology, and Sichuan Zhixin Ruijie Network Technology - of providing so-called "cyber-related products and services to China's intelligence services." As of press time, the companies had not been reached for comment.

The report by Reuters noted that the US regularly calls out specific Chinese and other foreign entities over their alleged involvement in cyber espionage, and it has occasionally done so in conjunction with other members of the "Five Eyes" intelligence alliance. Wednesday's statement was cosigned by the latter, as well as the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain.

According to reports of Chinese cybersecurity institution, the so-called "Volt Typhoon" once hyped up by the US was actually a transnational ransomware group, the spokesperson said. It was a joint move of vilification and framing against China by US intelligence agencies and cybersecurity companies in order to receive more congressional budgets, Guo noted.

Let me point out that according to US media outlets, this incident so happens because the "backdoor," originally opened by the US intelligence service to eavesdrop on its own institutions and citizens, was used by hackers, Guo said. Such "backdoor" in the US' own telecommunication system is not only a "US feature," but also the "best practices" of "Five Eyes," Guo said.

"Who is engaged in massive cyber-eavesdropping? Who is the largest hacking empire? The international community knows full well the answer," the spokesperson said.

Cybersecurity is a global common challenge. China urges the US to take responsible attitude, and reflect more on what it's doing instead of forming small groupings to smear others, Guo noted. China will continue to take necessary measures to safeguard its own security interests, he said.

Qin An, deputy director of the expert committee on counter-terrorism and cyber security governance at the China Society of Police Law, told the Global Times that as China's cyber offensive and defensive capabilities continue to strengthen and its standing in cyberspace steadily rises, the US, the Five Eyes alliance, and an expanding group of other nations are seeking to further bolster their coalition strength in cyberspace to contain China's development.

This trend, the expert noted, reflects their apprehensions as well as their efforts to discredit China and promote the "China threat" narrative in pursuit of their own strategic objectives.

Sichuan Juxinhe has already been sanctioned by the US Treasury Department over its alleged ties to Salt Typhoon, which was previously claimed to be a China-linked hacker group. A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in January that China opposed these groundless accusations from the US administration and the abuse of sanctions.

The competition between China and the US in areas such as semiconductors also affects cyberspace, Qin said. As China's independent innovation advances, its chip manufacturing capacity is improving. Chips, as connectors between cyberspace and the real world, play a critical role in cyber offense and defense.

In response, the US is amplifying the "China threat" narrative and seeking to expand beyond the traditional Five Eyes alliance to rally a broader coalition to collectively counter China in cyberspace, the expert noted.