A stab in the dark [By Jiao Haiyang/China.org.cn]

Washington is again playing thief crying stop thief!

Can you believe it, the notorious "collect it all" surveillance state is accusing its victim of a crime it has been perpetrating all along?

On May 19, a grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania (WDPA) indicted five Chinese military officers for computer hacking, economic espionage and other offenses directed at six American "victims" in the U.S. nuclear power, metals and solar products industries.

According to U.S. attorney General Eric Holder, "This …represents the first ever charges against a state actor for this type of hacking." That makes the provocation all the more serious.

China reacted immediately and strongly. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang said the U.S. move was "based on deliberately fabricated facts. It grossly violates the basic norms governing international relations and jeopardized China-U.S. cooperation and mutual trust." He said China urges the United States to immediately correct its mistake and withdraw the "indictment." In response to the U.S. provocation, China has decided to suspend the activities of the China-U.S. Cyber Working Group, and will react further as the situation evolves.

It is well known that the United States has carried out large-scale and organized cyber theft, wire tapping and surveillance activities against foreign political leaders, companies and individuals. Chinese government departments, institutions, companies, universities and individuals have been victims of severe U.S. cyber theft, wire tapping and surveillance activities.

One of Edward Snowden's latest revelations is U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) spying against Huawei, the giant Chinese telecommunications firm. Documents show the NSA accessed Huawei's email archive, communication between top company officials, internal documents and even the secret source code of individual Huawei products. And the spying has been going on at least since 2007.