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Xinhua: Uncovering the Painted Skin of the American Surveillance Empire

Xinhua published a commentary calling America the “surveillance empire” and asked the world to unite against the United States. Below are excerpts from the article: 

“On the surface, Americans are singing about how the major powers are establishing new relations with China. Privately, the United States regards China as a rival, leaving no stone unturned in delaying the pace of China’s rise, even though the "most dirty tricks" of surveillance mean having to deal with China.” 
“The U.S. abuses its technological advantages to monitor [China], ignoring basic international morals. It goes far beyond the needs of "anti-terrorism" and exhibits an ugly face that is selfish and completely without justice. Its actions have lost the support of the world’s people. This behavior is a flagrant violation of international law, is a serious violation of human rights, and threatens global network security.” 
“The United States has the world’s leading information technology, but that does not mean that America can do whatever it wants. America’s unbridled surveillance exposed everywhere its hegemonic mentality and its acts in cyber space, ultimately hurting the entire world.” 
“From the public point of view, all the inhabitants of the global village, as long as they can make a call, can get onto the Internet, or can play games, fall within the monitoring of American intelligence agencies. Obviously, this is not the world that the villagers in the global village want in the era of globalization. It goes against the mainstream values of human civilization.” 
“From the perspective of international relations, the democratization of international relations is the trend of the times. The American ‘surveillance empire,’ however, goes against the tide. It is increasingly becoming a ‘gigantic monster’ threatening human development and the global order. It has sounded a warning alarm to the world.” 
“Therefore, the world should unite and not let the Americans act recklessly; do not be the Americans’ accomplice; do not let them play the gangster at will. How to put the American ‘surveillance empire’ into a cage is currently an urgent issue that the international community needs to consider and solve.” 
Source: Xinhua, May 26, 2014 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/world/2014-05/26/c_1110866573.htm http://world.people.com.cn/n/2014/0526/c1002-25067466.html
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Military Expert: U.S. Military Takes China As Its Combat Opponent in the Asia-Pacific Region

While China and Russia were having the "joint maritime – 2014" military exercise in the East China Sea, the U.S. deployed the RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft to monitor the exercise closely. In an interview with a People’s Daily reporter, military expert Yin Zhuo, Rear Admiral in the PRC Navy, and a committee member of the eleventh Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, said that the U.S. military reconnaissance of China is directly related to preparations for a military fight in the Asia-Pacific rebalancing. 

Yin Zhuo observed that the United States is currently implementing the Asia-Pacific rebalancing strategy. Therefore, the U.S. military is tracking many of China’s main battle weapons and battle platforms closely, from the initial development to the final design. The U.S. is also tracking China’s major military test site and test base, placing them under 24-hour surveillance. The purpose is to obtain relevant data as an element of future combat preparations. 

He also said that the United States is conducting close surveillance while applying military pressure on China. This clearly shows that, in the Asia-Pacific region, the United States is taking China as its combat opponent. 
Yin said that the U.S. reconnaissance of the military exercise is both a challenge and also an important training element for China and Russia. 

Yin pointed out that U.S. electronic surveillance of the Sino-Russian military exercise "presents a good opportunity for us to have a complex electronic environment. We will consider it in the electronic warfare exercise, so that the training environment will be more real and closer to actual combat." 

Source: People’s Daily, May 22, 2014 
http://military.people.com.cn/n/2014/0522/c1011-25051226.html http://military.people.com.cn/n/2014/0522/c1011-25050574.html

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DWNews: Xi Jinping Uses the CICA to Counter the U.S.

DWNews.com, an New York based Chinese news portal, published an article on the recent Summit of the  Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) which was held in Shanghai on May 20 to 21. The article stated that Xi Jinping took the CICA as a platform to implement his strategy to reduce the U.S.’ influence in Asia. Xi stated at the summit that Asia’s affairs need to be taken care of by Asians; Asia’s problems need to be taken care of by Asians; and Asia’s security needs to be taken care of by Asians.

The article further explained that the reason Xi picked the CICA instead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to send this message is because the SCO, which is led by China and Russia, already has a strong anti-U.S. flavor. It would be too sensitive to use the SCO as the platform to send such a message. CICA, which Kazakhstan initiated, has a much wider participation (26 countries, including all six of the SCO member countries).

Source: Dwnews.com, May 24, 2014
http://china.dwnews.com/news/2014-05-24/59473636.html

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China Review News: The US’s Foreign Policy Acts As an Arsonist

On May 25, 2014, China Review News published a commentary titled “‘The United States’ Crooked Mouth Has Not Been Able to Sing a Harmonious Tune in Asia.”

According to the article, the US foreign policy acts as an “arsonist” in that it directs the United States to set fires everywhere.” The US government’s “Return to Asia-Pacific” policy is a “selfish policy covered with a noble slogan.” The real purpose of the “Return to the Asia-Pacific” is for the U.S. to “consolidate its own hegemony in the increasingly prosperous Asia-Pacific region.” What the U.S. has been doing is “forming cliques and stirring up disagreements,” such as cooperating with Japan and the Philippines to curb a 3rd country (China).

Source: China Review News, May 25, 2014
http://hk.crntt.com/doc/1032/0/4/3/103204300.html?coluid=148&kindid=7550&docid=103204300&mdate=0525093040  

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Huanqiu: American Hegemony’s Biggest Threat to China is the Americanization of China

On May 26, 2014, Huanqiu published a commentary titled “Issues of China’s ‘De-Americanization.’” According to the article, American hegemony’s biggest threat to China is the Americanization of China. The purpose of “‘De-Americanization’ is to get rid of American centrism.” The trilogy of "De-Americanization" is to “let China be China, let Asia be Asia, and let the world be the world.”

"Let China be China" refers to the point that the "China Dream could be a nightmare for Americans," if China cannot handle well the environmental challenges posed by economic development. However, "if China can successfully achieve that, China will create a new civilization of sustainable development for human beings. China will then become a country that can lead the world." "This is what Obama failed to realize."

"Let Asia be Asia" is in response the dilemma that "Asian countries rely on China economically and rely on the U.S. for security issues." "This is why the U.S. is ‘returning to Asia.’ Under the banner of the TPP, the U.S. expects that Asian countries will rely on the U.S. for both economic and security matters." As a solution, "China’s Communist Party Chair, Xi Jinping, proposed at the 4th CICA Summit in Shanghai that ‘Asian people should, ultimately, handle Asian issues and the Asian people should ultimately safeguard Asia’s security.’"

"Let the world be the world" is the effort of China to "make the West the West and reduce universal values back to Western values." To achieve this, China has been working with Russia, the SCO, ASEAN, and the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) to promote a "diversified world development model and democratic international relations." Specific efforts include "condemning Japan for challenging and undermining the post WWII international order," "internationalization of the Chinese currency," "the twenty-first Century Maritime Silk Road," and "the Silk Road Economic Belt."

Source: Huanqiu, May 26, 2014
http://opinion.huanqiu.com/opinion_world/2014-05/5005164.html

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China Youth Daily: Calmly Deal with U.S.’s New Assault in Cybersecurity

Shen Yi, a professor of international politics at Fudan University, wrote an opinion article about how to deal with the U.S.’s recent cyber espionage charge against five Chinese military officers. Shen offered three guidelines that China should take to respond to the U.S.’s new round of cybersecurity offensives against China: 

“First, China needs to stay calm, based on moderation and on an accurate judgment of its own national interests. It should comprehensively use a number of different strategies in response to the United States’ new offensives in cyber security. … China must be fully prepared on two sides. On the one hand, it must prepare enough short-term measures so that U.S. companies can pay clear, palpable, high-enough prices for Washington’s irresponsible actions. The goal is to let Washington actively come back to a dialogue to resolve the issue and to revoke these absurd [charges]. On the other hand, China cannot shake the strategic judgment and strategic direction. We must stick to our own path and not dance [in tune with] the U.S. strategic tempo.” 
“Second, from the perspective of China’s own national cybersecurity strategy, the United States’ surprise attack is both a challenge and more of an opportunity. … Today, the U.S. government’s move clearly and explicitly tells China the urgency of developing its own comprehensive national cybersecurity capabilities. … To deal with such threats in cyberspace, China must, under the framework of overall national security, promote the development of critical network security capabilities and cultivate a large number of network security enterprises with considerable potential. From mechanical design, strategic planning, and policy development, China should learn how to compete and cooperate with the United States in the realm of global cyberspace.”　　 

“Third, China must always be aware of its special nature as an emerging great power. Facing the pressure from the United States, China can neither cut off its contact with cyberspace, or replicate the strategy of the U.S. and thus fall into the typical security dilemma. … In the long run, in the transition of global cyberspace governance, China must put forward a strategic proposal on behalf of the emerging powers and developing countries.” 

Source: China Youth Daily, May 20, 2014 
http://news.youth.cn/gn/201405/t20140520_5228883.htm http://opinion.people.com.cn/n/2014/0520/c1003-25042706.html

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U.S. Cyber Crime Charges Enrage Beijing

In an angry response to the U.S. cyber-spying charges against members of a secretive Chinese military unit, China’s official media hurled back extensive counter-charges.
Cui Tiankai, China’s Ambassador to the United States, responded, "China is the victim of cyber-attacks. There have been massive U.S. originated cyber invasions and surveillance into Chinese government agencies, businesses, universities, and even individuals." "China has decided to suspend its activities with the China-U.S. Internet working group. The U.S. should immediately correct its mistake and withdraw from this so-called prosecution." [1]
One opinion article said, "In fact the U.S. is the most ‘qualified’ defendant. This also reminds the world’s countries that the Internet can no longer be dominated by American hegemony." "The U.S. is one of the few that control the main root server and secondary root servers of the Internet. It also exerts actual control over the allocation of domain names. Holding the global Internet infrastructure resources and core technologies, the U.S. was the first to build a cyber-warfare unit and to include ‘network-centric warfare’ as part of the nation’s ‘core capabilities.’ The U.S. set off an arms race in cyberspace and has its ears and eyes on cyber surveillance reaching almost every insignificant corner around the world. It has always been the hegemon in cyberspace. They are the thieves moving everywhere; they are the most brazen robbers." [2]
Another commentary criticized the U.S. government, "The U.S. government uses two excuses: the so-called separation of powers and that ‘the government cannot interfere with legislative and journalistic independence,’ in order to connive with Congress, the media, and business’s so it can constantly hype up the ‘Chinese hacker threat.’" [3]
One University scholar wrote an article on People’s Daily. "This outrageous act of the U.S. only proves its imperialist logic of ‘might is right’." "Today, the U.S. is not the only country that has advanced monitoring technologies. Countries that are able to detect attacks against their own network are everywhere. With the U.S. pressing charges against other country’s military officers without credible evidence, other countries will have a more reasonable basis to prosecute the chief of the U.S. National Security Agency and its superiors. As long as the U.S. does not stop breaching other countries’ cyber boundaries, it is not qualified to require other countries not to implement network defense or even counterattacks." [4]
Source: [1] Guangming Daily, May 22, 2014
http://news.gmw.cn/2014-05/22/content_11385205.htm
[2] People’s Daily, May 22, 2014
http://opinion.people.com.cn/n/2014/0522/c1003-25048271.html
[3] China.com, May 21, 2014
http://opinion.china.com.cn/opinion_96_99396.html
[4] People’s Daily, May 22, 2014
http://opinion.people.com.cn/n/2014/0522/c1003-25050385.html
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China News Agency: What Logic Gives the Americans the Courage of a Thief Crying Stop Thief”?

Zuo Xiaodong, Deputy Director of the China Information Security Institute, wrote a special article on Chinanews.com (China News Agency), in response to the U.S. Justice Department’s indictment of five Chinese military officers for economic espionage by hacking into the computers of U.S. companies involved in nuclear energy, steel manufacturing, and solar energy. People’s Daily also posted the article on its website. 

The article said, “On May 19, the U.S. Justice Department once again staged a thief crying ‘Stop thief’ farce. It indicted five Chinese military officers for cyber-espionage against U.S. companies. As the U.S. controls the global Internet-based resources and the core technology, it has a strong network advantage. The U.S. announced, in high-profile, the formation of cyber warfare forces; it set off a global race of the Internet military; it created the "shock web" virus; fired the first shot of attacks on civilian critical [network] infrastructure; spread network monitoring tentacles throughout the world; and, for a long time, has been hacking Huawei and other Chinese companies. Now [the U.S.] instead [of being the aggressor] has disguised itself as a victim of cyber-attacks and even used national laws to prosecute the armed forces of another sovereign state staff from thousands of miles away. It is really laughable. Since the United States has always been upholding its hegemony, however, this is really nothing new."
The article also said that, from the beginning, the U.S. refused to cooperate with the international community to set up Internet security rules. However, once the Americans were ready, they initiated the implementation of international rules to restrict others in the name of peace. “The fundamental purpose of the Americans is, through hyping the target country as a network threat, to develop an adverse international environment of public opinion for the target country so as to suppress the other country’s IT capacity for independent innovation.” 

Source: Chinanews.com, May 20, 2014 

http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2014/05-20/6192767.shtml http://opinion.people.com.cn/n/2014/0520/c1003-25042705.html

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