Beijing lashes out at NATO's "smears and attacks" after the head of the defence alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said China was "supporting and enabling Russia's illegal war of aggression" in Ukraine on the eve of a showpiece summit in Washington. China's foreign ministry spokesman, Lin Jian, also commented on Australia's cyber intelligence agency that warned about state-backed Chinese hackers. "Relevant parties have once again used China's so-called cyber attacks as a pretext to smear and slander China," Jian said. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES