tellthetruth

The mix up of "r" vs "l" thing is a Japanese problem, not a Chinese one. Are you saying that if the US hacks China, the Japanese will call the US to stop? Be a little smarter and do a little more research next time when trying to be cute.

No, it's not a display of weakness, not even close. It's purely an act of public opinion manipulation. They are trying to steer the public opinion to a certain direction.

Or simply drastically reduce the surface area of attack.

"the goal was espionage, on a scale that no one imagined before."

NSA comes to mind...

Get some education unadventured! The territory doesn't belong to Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Yeah we aren't perfect. But after we did it no one else should (except our allies) and we are gonna keep it.

I wonder how they got those little islands everywhere.

The europeans lay claim to the entire "America" continent. Is that stupid too? Oops I guess no. It's called Exception Handling.