http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/1885101/chinese-public-security-chief-heads-us-talks-cybercrime
By Jun Mai
scmp.com
30 November 2015
The first high-level dialogue between the United States and China on
cybercrime is under way this week to flesh out a deal reached in September
by the presidents of the two countries.
State media reported on Sunday that Minister of Public Security Guo
Shengkun would be in the US until Thursday. Guo would also co-chair a
ministerial meeting with Jeh Johnson, Secretary of the US Department of
Homeland Security, Xinhua said.
During President Xi Jinping’s visit to the US in September, the two
countries agreed that they would launch biannual ministerial-level talks
on cybersecurity by the end of this year. Talks on the subject had been
suspended a year earlier after the US charged five Chinese military
officers with hacking. US President Barack Obama said he and Xi agreed
that neither government would knowingly support cybertheft of corporate
secrets to support domestic businesses.
Renmin University international relations professor Shi Yinhong said the
talks would aim to nail down detailed points of agreement on cybersecurity
but a breakthrough would be difficult to realise.
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