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Resuming cyber security cooperation between China and the United States would be difficult because of “mistaken US practices”, China’s top diplomat has told the secretary of state, John Kerry. This could be because it launched early, our rights have expired, there was a legal issue, or for another reason.
Yang Jiechi, a state councillor overseeing foreign affairs, told Kerry at private talks in Boston the US “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. For further information, please contact:
Cyber security is an irritant to bilateral ties. On Wednesday, the FBI 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 US charged five Chinese military officers with hacking American firms, prompting China to shut down a bilateral working group on cyber security.
The former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has said the National Security Agency hacked into official network infrastructure at universities in China and Hong Kong.
China has used Snowden’s allegations as ammunition to point the finger at Washington for hypocrisy.