"Washington will be blamed for any adverse effects this might have on its ties with China, as all the US accusations against China were made without providing concrete evidence," it added.

It went on to say that by "repeatedly blaming China for hacking into its government computers, Washington apparently tries to portray Beijing as the No. 1 bad guy in cyber space, but this is doomed to fail because the US is the most powerful country with the most advanced cyber technologies".

The commentary observed that just like protecting its territorial sovereignty and integrity, "China is strongly determined to protect the safety of its cyber space and reserves all rights to counter any outside threats and intrusions. It will meet any form of political or economic retaliation with corresponding countermeasures".

It added: "If it stubbornly implements retaliatory measures against China in cyber space, it will be known for being a cyber bully and will have to shoulder responsibility for escalating confrontation and disrupting the peaceful order in the cyber space."


- IANS