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 At a campaign event in New Hampshire on Saturday, Clinton said the
U.S. must be "fully vigilant" about China's military, adding that
Beijing had stolen commercial secrets from defense contractors and
"huge amounts of government information".
Beijing has in the past expressed outrage over U.S. government
claims it engages in state-sponsored hacking of commercial
information, saying China is itself a victim of hacking attacks.
Asked about Clinton's remarks, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman
Hua Chunying said the two sides had taken a "constructive spirit" in
tackling the issue.
 "China and the U.S. have taken a constructive spirit and approach to
strengthening dialogue and cooperation to jointly face various
challenges in line with the interests of both sides in a way that is
conducive to peace and prosperity in the region and the world," Hua
told a regular news briefing.
Clinton is the front-runner to win the Democratic nomination for the
November 2016 presidential election.
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In the most recent case involving suspicions of Chinese hacking,
Obama administration officials have said China is the top suspect in
the massive hacking of a U.S. government agency that compromised the
personnel records of at least 4.2 million current and former
government workers.
China has denied hacking into the computers of the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management.
(Reporting by Megha Rajagopalan; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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