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The US calling on the Chinese to stop cyber-espionage is ISIS telling Al-Qaeda to stop raping women.

I am sure the Chinese know this and are laughing at the arrogance of the US govt. The US govt are fools if they think china is just going to stop.

The thing to do would be build a better system to protect systems critical to national security. Rather than spending all the money bankrolling the biggest surveillance system in the history of the world.

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Yeah, as others have mentioned, it's not like the US has a stellar record of playing nicely with cyber security in the worldwide arena.

I'm sure most americans feel completely justified too "but we're the good guys, why shouldn't we be allowed to hack and backdoor everyone else?" but honestly, it's the same thing.

the difference is that we don't speak Chinese so we're not privy to their propaganda.

It always important in these type of arguments to make sure you speak of the US and not the West in general, that way the status quo is safe and nothing can be done.

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