US, China closer on North Korea, climate change not cyberespionage

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping end two days of talks in California with pledges of building a “new model of major country relationship,” but remain divided over the issue of cyberespionage. Senior officials from the meetings say Obama and Xi discussed climate change plans, how to deal with North Korea, and — the most contentious issue — cyberhacking charges. Although both leaders made no public statements on their talks, the White House announced the two countries agreed to discuss ways to reduce emissions of hydrofluorocarbons, used in refrigerants and insulating foams. The two leaders also hold a long discussion on North Korea.
Obama’s departing national security adviser Tom Donilon says the two agreed “neither country will accept North Korea as a nuclear-armed state” and both countries would work together to pressure Pyongyang to denuclearize. The issue that dominated Saturday’s talks were American accusations of an alleged Chinese Internet spying effort targeting American military and commercial secrets and intellectual property.
Obama urged “common rules of the road” to protect against hacking.
Xi responded by saying China was also “a victim of cyberattacks” and added he wanted “good-faith cooperation” to clear up “misgivings” by the United States about cybersecurity.

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