Washington and Beijing Draw Lines in the Sand over Cyber Spying

(Beijing) – The United States and China have long debated industrial spying and intellectual property rights issues. However, recent reports accusing China of widespread hacking activities have intensified the exchanges.

On February 20, the White House released a strategy paper outlining an approach for protecting the trade secrets of U.S. companies. "Emerging trends indicate that the pace of economic espionage and trade secret theft against U.S. corporations is accelerating," the report said.