In an exclusive interview with Christiane Amanpour telecast on May 20, China's Ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai, criticised the US Government's decision to name and charge the 5 PLA officers with cyber espionage. He said the action shows some countries "think they still have the credibility and moral high ground" to make such allegations. Countering allegations that state-sponsored Chinese military hackers had consistently targetted major US companies over a period of time and that the named Chinese hackers should come to face charges in US courts and clarify the situation, China's Ambassador said the Chinese similarly had adequate information of major Chinese companies, government entities and even private individuals being persistently subjected to hacking over a long period of time. He said the authorities could also come to the China and file charges in Chinese courts. Chi Tiankai disclosed that the US-China Joint Working Group on Cyber Security had been suspended by Beijing following this wrong decision by the US. Replying to a question about Sino-US relations being important, he said this remains Beijing's view but it takes two to take things forward and the US needs to take the right decision on this issue. He said that "China's next action will depend on the next action by the US".