China asks U.S. to stop accusing Beijing over cyber crimes

[July 22, 2020]  BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Wednesday asked the United States to immediately stop making accusations against it about cyber crimes, in response to the U.S. indictment of two Chinese nationals for hacking COVID data and defense secrets.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the comments in a regular daily news briefing.

(Reporting by Cate Cadell; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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