[ant_sz]

hmmm... before Snowden said it out we didn't know anything about what NSA is doing, but at that time, the US government was always saying China is doing what NSA is doing.

I was not accusing anything, but you see, the announcement is lack of persuasion.

The spying game seems to be a zero-sum game. After charged china for spying for business, the US government may find it won't have any effect, then the best strategy will turns out to be doing the same. Think about the billions of the dollars companies spend as political contribution.

After the war begins, It really doesn't matter who shot the first bullet.

[AJ007]

There is a lot of justifiable skepticism regarding spycraft. Read declassified accounts of the cold war. What happened swings between delusional paranoia -- where the Soviets thought the US & UK were preparing for a pre-emptive nuclear strike, to extremely serious, where the Soviets knew everything the US Navy was doing for a year. At best a zero sum game, at worst, it creates situations where wars start based on things that just aren't true.

Espionage is a bit different, but still a mess.

Presumably the only enforcement the US can take against those indicted here is financial -- which would mean assets that fall within the US's control. How does Beijing react?

The most interesting end effect of this could be the US's loss of criminal enforcement on the global financial system, reversing much of the benefits of post 9/11 anti-money laundering policy. Co-operation occurs when both sides benefit. I suspect some people in the US State Dept are very annoyed today.