China urges Australia to safeguard cyber security

Australia to provide a justice, equity and non-discriminatory cyberspace for other countries.

CHINA (Reuters) - China urges Australia to provide a justice, equity and non-discriminatory cyberspace for other countries, said Lu Kang, spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.

Australia s Parliament passed legislation on Thursday that demands Australian communication companies set backdoors for the government, which meet with opposition from many international communication companies.

Moreover, it is noteworthy that it is Australia that banned Huawei, Chinese tech giant, from participating in the construction of the 5G network in the country with excuse of safeguarding the network security. The spokesman commented at the press briefing that the country adopts double standards towards the issue.

"China has paid great attention to the event. To force enterprises to install backdoors through legislation is to achieve its security and interests at the expense of other countries  insecurity and citizens  privacy, which will have a serious impact on the market environment of the communications industry and international cooperation. And as you just mentioned, the industry has paid much attention on it. What puzzling people most is that Australia has, on one hand, always blamed that other countries and enterprises harm cyber security on hearsay evidence, but on the other hand, they are doing things that endanger cyber security. I also want to hear how the Australian government explains it," said Lu.

"China always attaches great importance to safeguard cyber security and is willing to get actively involved in the international cooperation about cyber security to create a peaceful, safe, cooperative, and orderly cyberspace. Meanwhile, we urge Australia to provide a justice, equity and non-discriminatory cyberspace for other countries including China," said Lu.