BEIJING, May 26 -- A Chinese Internet information body on Monday issued a report onthe U.S. intelligence agencies' "unscrupulous" surveillance over the rest of the world.Following is the full text:
- The United States' Global Surveillance Record
- Internet Media Research Center
- The People's Republic of China
May 26, 2014
Contents
I. The United States conducts widespread secret surveillance across the globe
II. The United States sets China as the main target of its secret surveillance
III.The United States' unscrupulous secret surveillance programs
IV. The United States' global surveillance program hit by worldwide criticism
Foreword
In June, 2013, the media in the UK, the United States and China's Hong Kong exposed theNational Security Agency's clandestine surveillance program, codenamed PRISM, usingdocuments released by the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. The leakedinformation provoked shock and outrage. Subsequently, an investigation carried out byrelevant Chinese authorities over several months confirmed the existence of snoopingactivities directed against China.
As a superpower, the United States takes advantage of its political, economic, military andtechnological hegemony to unscrupulously monitor other countries, including its allies. TheUnited States' spying operations have gone far beyond the legal rationale of "anti-terrorism" and have exposed its ugly face of pursuing self-interest in complete disregard ofmoral integrity. These operations have flagrantly breached International laws, seriouslyinfringed upon the human rights and put global cyber security under threat. They deserveto be rejected and condemned by the whole world.
The U.S. secret surveillance activities directed against China and other nations include:
-- Collecting nearly 5 billion mobile phone call records across the globe every day
-- Spying over German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone for more than 10 years
-- Plugging into the main communication networks between Yahoo's and Google's overseasdata centers, and stealing data of hundreds of millions of customers
-- Monitoring mobile phone apps for years and grabbing private data
-- Waging large-scale cyber attacks against China, with both Chinese leaders and thetelecom giant Huawei as targets
Targets of U.S. surveillance include the Chinese government and Chinese leaders, Chinesecompanies, scientific research institutes, ordinary netizens, and a large number of cellphone users. China sticks to the path of peaceful development, and sees no justification forbeing targeted by America's secret surveillance under the guise of fighting terrorism.
America must explain its surveillance activities, cease spying operations that seriouslyinfringe upon human rights and stop creating tension and hostility in global cyber space.
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