In a bizarre move, U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has accused China of stealing commercial secrets. During a campaign event in New Hampshire, she said that they are stealing a “huge amounts of government information” and that they are trying to “hack into everything that doesn’t move in America.”
She continued, “But we also have to be fully vigilant, China’s military is growing very quickly, they’re establishing military installations that again threaten countries we have treaties with, like the Philippines because they are building on contested property.”
Asked to comment on her remarks, the White House declined.
The Obama administration has accused China of being the top suspect in the hacking of a US government agency that included the personal records of more than 4.2 million current and foreign government workers.