China to reap harvest of NSA scandals

[unhappycamper]

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/CHIN-01-311013.html



China to reap harvest of NSA scandals
By Brendan P O'Reilly
Oct 31, '13

A growing chorus of nations is decrying Washington's unrestrained cyber espionage. However, there is only one country with both the means and motivation for using mounting international resentment to challenge American hegemony. The NSA surveillance of America's allies has opened up two vital fronts in which China can erode American global dominance.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying has claimed the rhetorical high ground, calling cyber security "a matter of sovereignty". She said Beijing is eager to address the issue through the framework of the United Nations, and to do so "China and Russia have submitted a draft plan, in an effort to help the world jointly tackle the problem." [1]

This joint Sino-Russian proposal to combat the NSA's electronic surveillance coincides with a parallel initiative launched by two allies of the United States.

Germany and Brazil are working together to create a UN resolution aimed at curtailing electronic spying. Both nations have been openly angry with Washington in the wake of revelations that the NSA has for years spied on the personal communications of both Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and German Chancellor Merkel.

[Turbineguy]

1. Well, at least that's good.

After all, they need all the help they can get. Maybe they can make some more couterfeit products out of it.

[bemildred]

2. Gee, who could have predicted thsi?

Well, apparently our vaunted intelligence apparatus seems to have not taken it sufficiently into account.