Sino-US cyber talks at impasse

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http://www.china.org.cn/world/2014-10/20/content_33809960.htm

China Daily
October 20, 2014

Cyber security is an irritant to bilateral ties. On Wednesday the US 
Federal Bureau of Investigation said hackers it believed were backed by 
the Chinese government had launched more attacks on US companies, a charge 
China rejected as unfounded.

In May, the United States charged five Chinese military officers with 
hacking American firms, prompting China to shut down a bilateral working 
group on cyber security.

Yang Jiechi, a state councillor overseeing foreign affairs, told Kerry in 
Boston the United States "should take positive action to create necessary 
conditions for bilateral cyber security dialogue and cooperation to 
resume", according to a statement seen on the Chinese Foreign Ministry 
website on Sunday.

"Due to mistaken US practices, it is difficult at this juncture to resume 
Sino-US cyber security dialogue and cooperation," Yang was quoted as 
saying. The statement did not elaborate.

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