‘Cold war thinking’ hindering mutual trust in cyberspace, China’s propaganda chief says
- Some countries have used national security ‘as an excuse’ to launch cyberattacks, Huang Kunming tells World Internet Conference
- Zero-sum game has ‘stopped exchanges’, he says at event organised by China’s internet censorship bureau
A “cold war” mentality and “bullying behaviour” are hindering mutual trust in cyberspace, China’s propaganda chief said on Sunday at the start of the World Internet Conference.
He did not specify which countries he was referring to.
“The cold war thinking and zero-sum game, this has stopped and hindered exchanges in cyberspace. Also, bullying behaviour in cyberspace has had a negative impact on mutual trust,” he said at the event in Wuzhen, east China’s Zhejiang province.
“By using national security as an excuse, some countries have attacked some countries and enterprises. This has increased the uncertainty, opposition and negativity in cyberspace.”
The state-run World Internet Conference, one of the country’s most prominent tech conferences, takes place this year against a backdrop of rising US-China tensions that have cast a shadow over the technology sector.
