A war of words between Beijing and Washington ignited last month after a U.S. computer security company said a Chinese military unit was behind a series of hacking attacks.<br /> <br />The firm, Mandiant, identified this Shanghai military hub as the most likely source of the hacks.<br /> <br />Now China says its own military websites were subjected to hundreds of thousands of cyber hacks last year.<br /> <br />China's Defence Ministry Spokesman Geng Yansheng says almost two-thirds of the hacking attempts came from the United States.<br /> <br />A high-profile anti-corruption campaign by China's next generation of leaders, who take power next week, is being outshone by the country's online community.<br /> <br />President-in-waiting Xi Jinping has said that if untreated, rampant corruption could spell the end of the ruling Communist Party and the Chinese state.<br /> <br />But an army of microbloggers and online journalists are leading the graft fight by naming and shaming corrupt officials.<br /> <br />The country's state-run