"Countries, particularly the US and the UK, want to maintain their monopoly in the high-tech sector, so that they could be able to control the lifeline of future economic development and monopolize the tech advantages in emerging industries," Gao Jian, director of the Center for British Studies at Shanghai International Studies University, told the Global Times.
"American and British intelligence agencies are going on a rampage in global cyberspace, conducting various attacks on other countries' cyber infrastructure and intercepting intelligence. They are robbers. Now these robbers accuse China, a victim of their attacks, of conspiring to control the world, on what grounds?" asked Shen Yi, a professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs of Fudan University.