Cyber Attacks are a Two-way Street (Continued)

Although American publications have mentioned the perspectives of the Chinese in their media outlets, the backlash of the Mandiant report and the opinions of the Chinese government is covered more in Chinese publications. The China Daily states that the Chinese government is the victims of cyber espionage; claiming the United States’ allegations show a lack of trust for the Chinese and shows America’s anxiety over national security. Their latest update on the cyber hacking scandal is that US and Chinese officials are trying to make a valid effort to gain trust in each other through open forums most recently held in Beijing. The forums is a combined effort for the U.S. and China to try to solve an international issue.
The Global Times also refutes claims that China is responsible for the cyber hacking, stating the Mandiant report used to make other nations weary of involvement with China. Global times went as far as to state that their systems were attacked 7 Million times.Furthermore, they quoted The People’s Daily, a publication funded by the chinese military, stating that the allegations ‘did not reflect the facts ‘ and were ‘unprofessional’.
The China Buzz is a blog site that stems from the Economic Observer and they too have taken the same view point as the Global Times and China Daily, stating that America is using these allegations to further advance their own cyber espionage. ZDNet.com is a technology based blog that seems to be slightly more neutral than the prior publications. ZDNet states China has teamed up with other nations as a means to better secure themselves from attacks. In addition to teaming up with other countries they would like the negative allegations to stop because they are the victims of cyber attacks and Chinese officials believe the allegations will cause tension between China and other countries. ZDNet states that the U.S. is not entirely innocent and is in 2nd place behind China for cyber espionage in the world, accounting for almost 41% of global cyber attacks.
Sources
Chinadaily.com (http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/2013-04/10/content_16389412.htm)
GlobalTimes.cn (http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/774556.shtml#.UX_8enCmxUQ)
China Buzz (http://www.eeo.com.cn/ens/2013/0319/241394.shtml)
ZDNet (http://www.zdnet.com/china-accounts-for-41-percent-of-global-computer-attack-traffic-7000014392/)