China refutes US cyber espionage accusation

BEIJING - China on Friday rejected a US accusation that it uses cyber espionage to steal sensitive economic information and technology from the United States, calling the claim "unprofessional and irresponsible".

An unusually blunt report on foreign cyber spying submitted to the US Congress on Thursday claimed that the Chinese are the world's "most active and persistent perpetrators" of economic espionage, according to AFP.

It also claimed China and Russia "are the most aggressive collectors of US economic information and technology".