WikiLeaks cables, day 7: summary of today's key points
There are no fewer than 251,287 cables from more than 250 US embassies around the world, obtained by WikiLeaks. We present a day-by-day guide to the revelations from the US embassy cables both from the Guardian and its international media partners in the story
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Day 7, Sunday 5 December
Guardian
• The US is worried that China could be planning internet warfare via private companies that are known to have recruited top hackers.
• China's "newly pugnacious" foreign policy is "losing friends worldwide", the US ambassador to Beijing argued in a cable.
• Hillary Clinton, talking to Australia's prime minister, Kevin Rudd,referred to China as "your banker", illustrating America's deep anxiety over China's growing economic power and hold on US finances.
• Rolls-Royce lost a lucrative contract to supply helicopter engines to the Spanish military because of a personal intervention by Spain's prime minister, José Luis Zapatero, following vigorous lobbying from US diplomats, according to a secret cable from the US embassy in Madrid.
Der Spiegel
• US diplomats in Vienna expressed "frustration", disappointment and concern about Austria's politicians.
• There is an unexpected culture of consensus within China's all-powerful, 24-strong Communist party politburo, according to US diplomats in Beijing.
• The American embassy in Beijing has been compiling information on Xi Jinping, the man expected to become China's next president.
• Cables from the US embassy in Baghdad paint a picture of bewildered diplomats outmanoeuvred by the Iranians.
Le Monde
• US diplomats in Iraq were briefed about the last moments of Saddam Hussein after his execution in December 2006.
• Brazil and the US are divided as to how to deal with Venezuela's president, Hugo Chávez.
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