China proposes more practical way to clean networks than throwing dirty water

When State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed at a digital governance forum in Beijing on Tuesday that all efforts to protect data security must be based on facts and rules, rather than politics and double standard, it is well-known to which party his words were addressed.

In an interview with the media last week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rehashed his allegation that the Communist Party of China is stealing data from US citizens, which the US administration is taking all-out efforts to prevent. As customary, he offered no evidence to support his charges.

As Hua Chunying, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, observed, the top US diplomat has lived up to his admission with regard to the Central Intelligence Agency－"we lie, we cheat, we steal"-as he "lies every day" about China, and he lacks any integrity or sense of shame as there is plenty of evidence from various sources showing that the US administration has never refrained from using its technological advantages to spy on citizens and organizations at home and abroad alike.