U.S. tops overseas visits to website of China's Ministry of Defense

The website of China's Ministry of Defense (MOD) has attracted around 1.25 billion visits in the three months since its opening, with the United States topping the source countries for foreign visits, website editor-in-chief Ji Guilin said.

Visits from the United States had topped overseas visits to both the website's Chinese and English versions, Ji said in an interview with the People's Daily that was published on the MOD website Wednesday.

Internet users from Australia, Singapore, Japan and the United Kingdom also made high numbers of visits to the website, Ji said, without giving detailed figures.

Topics most viewed by foreign visitors include "military photos", "top military leaders", "high-level events" and "military power", said Ji.

He also said the website suffered more than 2.3 million cyber attacks in the first month alone, especially in the first week since its opening.

"When there were major events taking place related to the military and national defense, the number of attacks rose," he said.

The MOD website was opened on Aug. 20 in a bid to improve transparency in military affairs and national defense issues.

Source:Xinhua