Foreign Ministry refutes information theft accusations

Beijing dismissed on Thursday spy allegations leveled by Washington and Canberra, after United States and Australian officials said China undermines their security.

In an interview with the BBC released on Tuesday, Mike Pompeo, director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, accused China of "very focused efforts to steal American information" and trying to "covertly influencing the world".

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she wasn't surprised by such comments.