Former NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden revealed the massive US global surveillance program.
As dozens of senior officials from China and the United States are converging in Washington for a high-level forum between the world's two biggest economies, much of the US media attention was drawn to the topic of cyber security.
Do people keen on expanding the Convention on Cybercrime worldwide have the same colonial mindset that their ancestors centuries ago had?
How and why should I, a foreigner, sacrifice my privacy for American security, especially when I am unaware of it and not informed?
I don't know how many times the US has tried so far to dodge the fundamental question about Snowden's revelations. It certainly has appeared resourceful and relentless.
The US' days as the world's sole superpower are numbered. So it's time for US to change its bellicose, bombastic nature of conducting business and accept the inevitability that comes with the changing times.
Snowden said he landed in Hong Kong not to hide from justice, but to expose a grave crime. He also said that the greatest honor for an American is to be called a "traitor" by Dick Cheney
NSA's surveillance program is aimed at getting a stranglehold on people and organizations to strengthen the US government's hands and consolidate their global markets.
The US officials who authorized and operated the cyber espionage program is not only a violation of the sovereignty of independent nations,it is also a violation of the US constitution.
The use of the NSA as a phishing net, designed to get information wholly unrelated to terrorism, need not merely be condemned, but also subjected to penalties.
The US and China have the responsibility to balance freedom and security in a way that keeps the peace while protecting citizens' rights and human dignity.
When American politicians make accusatory remarks, their eyes are firmly fixed on foreign countries and they turn a blind eye to their own misdeeds.
US government may want to adjust the boundaries of its counterterrorism policies so that infringements on individual rights are not as expansive.
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