BEIJING, April 16 -- "We require the US side to stop acting like a thief crying 'stop thief', refrain from launching cyber attacks against other countries including China, and restore a clean and secure cyberspace with responsible words and actions," said Chinese Defense Spokesperson Senior Colonel Zhang Xiaogang at a press briefing on Wednesday.
It is reported that the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment released by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence claims that China is the biggest military and cyber threat to the US, and that the Chinese military likely will use large language models for information operations to generate deceptive content.
When being asked to share comment, the Chinese defense spokesperson first expressed that the US often accuses others of what it did or is doing itself, adding that the US is not only the main source of cyber attacks against China but also a well-known cyber threat to the world.
The spokesperson went on to emphasize that from WikiLeaks to SnowdenLeaks, from operation Stellar Wind to Bvp47, the US side has a poor record on cyber issues. It uses whatever means it can to conduct surveillance, steal secrets and attack others.
"Smearing China cannot help remove the US's label as the empire of hacking," the spokesperson stressed, adding that "we require the US side to stop acting like a thief crying 'stop thief', refrain from launching cyber attacks against other countries including China, and restore a clean and secure cyberspace with responsible words and actions."