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2. China has warned that revelations of electronic
surveillance on a huge scale by American
intelligence agencies will "test developing Sino-US
ties" and exacerbate their "soured relationship" on
cybersecurity.
The assessment in an article and editorial carried
by the state-run China Daily represents the first
official comment in state media as China grapples
with the presence in Hong Kong of Edward
Snowden, the US analyst who revealed himself as
the source of the Guardian exposé.
Quoting analysts, the China Daily article said the
"massive US global surveillance programme … is
certain to stain Washington's overseas image" and
pointedly referred to Washington recently levelling
claims of hacking at other governments, including
China's.
"Observers said how the case is handled could
pose a challenge to the burgeoning goodwill
between Beijing and Washington given that
Snowden is in Chinese territory and the Sino-US
relationship is constantly soured on cybersecurity,"
the paper said.
China has warned that revelations of electronic
surveillance on a huge scale by American
intelligence agencies will "test developing Sino-
US ties" and exacerbate their "soured
relationship" on cybersecurity.
The assessment in an article and editorial
carried by the state-run China Daily represents
the first official comment in state media as China
grapples with the presence in Hong Kong of
Edward Snowden, the US analyst who revealed
himself as the source of the Guardian exposé.
Quoting analysts, the China Daily article said the
"massive US global surveillance programme …
is certain to stain Washington's overseas image"
and pointedly referred to Washington recently
levelling claims of hacking at other
governments, including China's.

3. "Observers said how the case is handled could pose a challenge to the burgeoning goodwill between
Beijing and Washington given that Snowden is in Chinese territory and the Sino-US relationship is
constantly soured on cybersecurity," the paper said.
On Wednesday, Snowden commented for this first time since disclosing his identity as the source of a
series of leaks from the US National Security Agency (NSA). In an interview with the South China
Morning Post, he vowed not to "hide from justice" and would put his trust in the Hong Kong legal
system.
Snowden also claimed that the US had been hacking Hong Kong and China since 2009. He that the
US had hacked hundreds of targets in Hong Kong – including public officials, a university, businesses
and students in the city – and on the mainland.
In his interview, Snowden said he was releasing the information to demonstrate "the hypocrisy of the
US government when it claims that it does not target civilian infrastructure, unlike its adversaries".
Jen Psaki, a spokeswoman for the State Department in Washington, said it was not aware of the
hacking claims and could not comment directly, but she rejected the idea that such an incident would
represent double standards given recent US criticism of Chinese cyber attacks.
"There is a difference between going after economic data and the issues of surveillance that the
president has addressed which are about trying to stop people doing us harm," she said. The China
Daily article addressed the issue directly. It quoted Li Haidon, a researcher of American studies at the
China Foreign Affairs University, saying: "For months Washington has been accusing China of cyber-
espionage but it turns out that the biggest threat to the pursuit of individual freedom and privacy in the
US is the unbridled power of the government."

4. saying: "For months Washington has been accusing China of cyber-espionage
but it turns out that the biggest threat to the pursuit of individual freedom and
privacy in the US is the unbridled power of the government.“
In a separate editorial under the headline "Unjustified US intelligence", the
China Daily said controversy over US drone strikes had already forced [Barack]
Obama to "readjust this widely maligned policy" and suggested the NSA
revelations demanded a similar response of the US president.
"This is not the first time that US government agencies' wrongdoings have
aroused widespread public concern since the US launched a series of
counterterrorism policies to enhance national security after the terrorist attacks
on Sept 11 2001," the paper said.
"The Obama administration needs to convince the American people as well as
global internet users that the spying is a must and helps in a direct way to
safeguard public safety from clear and present dangers.
"But it will have difficulty in doing so, as the bombing of the Boston marathon
provides ready proof of the fact that extremists and terrorists, even when
working alone, can inflict a heavy blow despite all the efforts that have been
made globally to rein in terrorism.
"The Obama administration may want to adjust the boundaries of its
counterterrorism policies so that infringements on individual rights are not as
expansive."

5. The Hong Kong government has not taken a public position on the case. The chief executive of the
Hong Kong government, Leung Chun-ying, on a visit to New York, repeatedly refused to comment in
a Bloomberg Television interview.
Snowden, 29, was a computer technical assistant working for Booz Allen Hamilton, on contract to the
NSA. He left his job and home in Hawaii in May, set up camp in Hong Kong and provided the
Guardian with top-secret documents that led to a series of revelations about the extent of US
surveillance last week. For three weeks he stayed in a hotel in the Kowloon district. But after
identifying himself as the whistleblower in a video posted by the Guardian on Sunday he felt he
needed to move to a more secure location and checked out on Monday.
"The Obama administration may want to adjust the boundaries of its counterterrorism policies so that
infringements on individual rights are not as expansive."
The Hong Kong government has not taken a public position on the case. The chief executive of the
Hong Kong government, Leung Chun-ying, on a visit to New York, repeatedly refused to comment in
a Bloomberg Television interview.
Snowden, 29, was a computer technical assistant working for Booz Allen Hamilton, on contract to the
NSA. He left his job and home in Hawaii in May, set up camp in Hong Kong and provided the
Guardian with top-secret documents that led to a series of revelations about the extent of US
surveillance last week. For three weeks he stayed in a hotel in the Kowloon district. But after
identifying himself as the whistleblower in a video posted by the Guardian on Sunday he felt he
needed to move to a more secure location and checked out on Monday.
Hong Kong appeared a strange choice for Snowden, as it has a surrender treaty with the US and
leans towards co-operating with Washington's requests.

6. But in his South China Morning Post interview
Snowden said: "People who think I made a
mistake in picking Hong Kong as a location
misunderstand my intentions. I am not here to
hide from justice. I am here to reveal
criminality."
As a debate raged in the US over whether
Snowden should be praised or prosecuted for
his actions, he said: "I'm neither traitor nor
hero. I'm an American."
In Washington an outspoken Republican
congressman, Peter King, called for the arrest
of the Guardian columnist who led the
reporting on the NSA leaks, Glenn Greenwald.
King told Fox News that Greenwald's stories
were "putting American lives at risk and clearly
done to hurt Americans". In a statement, the
Guardian said it was "surprised and
disappointed" by the comments.

7. In another development, the British foreign secretary, William Hague, rejected suggestions
that US surveillance programs were being used by UK authorities to avoid local privacy
laws and spy on British citizens. On a visit to Washington where he met the US secretary of
state, John Kerry, Hague said: "No two countries in the world work more closely to protect
the privacy of their citizens than the United Kingdom and the United States."
Kerry said they both understood the "very delicate but vital balance between privacy and
the protection of people in our country".
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