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BEIJING | Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:32am EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - There is no cyber warfare taking place between China and the United States, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday.

The two countries might suffer from cyber attacks, but they were in no way directed by either government, said Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai.

Earlier this month, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Washington was seriously concerned about cyber-attacks and was prepared to use force against any it considered an act of war.

(Reporting by Don Durfee; Editing by Chris Lewis)
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Huck_Finn wrote:
The chinese official is actually correct. Because up until now, the chinese have blatantly used cyber warfare to aggressively attack while the world did nothing in return.

However, I think that is beginning to change….and I don’t think china properly calculated the repercussions.

Jun 22, 2011 8:20am EDT  --  Report as abuse
Asaki wrote:
It is absolutely incredible for China to be in a state of denial over the cyber warfare which is aiming to paralyse many important things in the US and who knows when those attackers will put the US nuclear instalations to a stand still and cause nuclear mayhem in the long run.This cyber madness must be halted on time before it will be too late.And the people threating the lively hood of others be arrested and brought to justice then charged if these people are found guilty they should be given the harshest punishment to serve as a lesson for the others.China has to do everything possible to eradicate this dangerous trend and stop`going on the defensive.Mind you this is a global issue that can affect all of us.

Jun 22, 2011 9:29am EDT  --  Report as abuse
SanPa wrote:
This issue of offshore attacks on U.S. cyber infrastructure is as much the fault of U.S. businesses and politicians as it is of the nations exploiting U.S. cyber security weaknesses. Cheaper imported labor is reducing deployment and honing of skills by American technical workers. Through a grassroots campaign, American citizens can demand of representatives that H1B and L visas be immediately rescinded, that outsourcing of IT tasks be discouraged through tax disadvantages, and that unemployed Americans be trained and encouraged to take the jobs to fulfill U.S. tech worker demands. Voters can give the boot to short-sighted politicians who’ve supported H1B … politicians like Senators Boxer, McCain, and Feinstein and representatives like Bilbray and Pelosi. By “drafting” more Americans to the task of technical work, the U.S. will build up a workforce better able to curb the problem … and even draw down the unemployment lines!

Jun 22, 2011 9:42am EDT  --  Report as abuse
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