On February 28, US President Bush held a press conference. He said that American telecommunications companies should assist the government and help intelligence agencies intercept and monitor international long-distance calls, emails, etc. This is not only a necessity for counter-terrorism, but also a necessity for "responding to Chinese and Russian espionage activities." It greatly surprised the outside world that Bush, as president, personally came forward to request increased surveillance on China. However, international affairs experts pointed out that in fact, since Bush took office as the President of the United States, he has frequently instructed his subordinates to spy on and steal intelligence from China; whenever he wants to strengthen the functions of the intelligence community, he always brings up China and Russia as issues.