Cybersecurity Likely on the Agenda for White House Talks with Xi Jinping

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Xi Jinping will be visiting Washington next week, and cybersecurity is likely going to be a hot topic of conversation between the Chinese premier and the White House.

Xi Jinping will be visiting Washington next week, and cybersecurity is likely going to be a hot topic of conversation between the Chinese premier and the White House.
According to Computer World:

Hacking has been one of the issues at the forefront of U.S.-China relations over the last couple of years, particularly after the U.S. accused China of hacking into sensitive federal government systems, something that China denies.
“We’ve been pretty blunt in describing the concerns that we have with China’s behavior in cyberspace,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on board Air Force One on Monday, according to a press pool report.
But Earnest wouldn’t comment on any measures that might be taken ahead of the visit.

Last week Meng Jianzhu, secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China, held a series of high-level meetings in Washington on cybersecurity to help prepare for Xi’s visit.

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