The People's Daily is an official newspaper of the Chinese Community Party / Government. It has an English edition.
This week, a Chinese businessman pleaded guilty to helping two Chinese military hackers carry out a damaging series of thefts of sensitive military secrets from U.S. contractors.
Here is the response from the Chinese government's official newspaper:
"We have no reliable source to identify whether Su has stolen these secrets and transferred them to the Chinese government. If he has, we are willing to show our gratitude and respect for his service to our country. On the secret battlefield without gunpowder, China needs special agents to gather secrets from the US" (emphasis added)
It is a very blunt assertion. And not only does the Chinese government feel this way, it evidently wants to broadcast to the Western world in its own English language propaganda.
For those providing security services or products to the US government, military or critical infrastructure, this is is a real risk and the Chinese government is making it clear that it supports it.