Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson accused the U.S. of 'spreading rumors and slander' with talk of a Cuba spy station, and of being 'the most powerful hacker empire in the world.'
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported that China had reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles from Florida.An official at China's embassy in Washington pointed to Friday's statement by a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson who accused the U.S. of "spreading rumors and slander" with talk of a Cuba spy station, and of being "the most powerful hacker empire in the world.
China has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden administration official said on Saturday, following a report about a new spying effort underway on the island.to establish an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island roughly 100 miles from Florida, but the U.S. and Cuban governments cast strong doubt on the report.
The Biden administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the media's characterization "does not comport with our understanding," but did not specify how the report was wrong nor address in detail whether there were efforts by China to build a new eavesdropping facility in Cuba.'s presidency, as had Beijing's efforts to strengthen its intelligence collection infrastructure worldwide.
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