US sees progress in cyber talks with China

Beijing

THE United States is pleased to see that progress has been made with China on information sharing about cyber threats, a senior US official said on Tuesday during the latest round of cyber security talks between the two countries.

Cyber security has long been an irritant in relations between China and the US, the world's two largest economies. The two nations signed an anti-hacking accord in September last year, brokered during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Washington, including a pledge that neither country would knowingly carry out hacking for commercial advantages.