A Xinhua reporter asks @MFA_China spokesman Wang Wenbin about my Dec. 16 report that suspected Chinese hackers had penetrated the African Union.

He claims it's "fake news" and that China-Africa relations won't be hurt by "noise"
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/web/fyrbt_673021/jzhsl_673025/t1841632.shtml

Here's my story on how the group dubbed Bronze President hacked into the servers holding security camera footage from across the @_AfricanUnion's campus in Addis Ababa. https://in.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-african-union-cyber-exclusiv/exclusive-suspected-chinese-hackers-stole-camera-footage-from-african-union-memo-idINKBN28Q1DB

Wang is right about one thing. African-Chinese relations aren’t likely to be hurt by espionage allegations. A former AU official gave me this jaded take: As long as Chinese assistance keeps flowing, African officials will have little appetite for a confrontation.