China, US take united approach over threats to cybersecurity
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June 10, 2013, Monday
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CHINA is a staunch supporter of cybersecurity, an issue it takes very seriously, President Xi Jinping told US President Barack Obama during their summit over the weekend at the Sunnylands estate in California.
Xi said China was opposed to hacking or cyberattacks in all their forms, and was itself a victim. Both nations face common challenges when it comes to cybersecurity and these should be a matter for bilateral cooperation rather than a source of suspicion and friction, Xi said.
Both sides agreed to strengthen dialogue, coordination and cooperation through an already-established cyber working group. They also pledged to help promote the establishment of a fair, democratic and transparent global Internet management mechanism mainly through the United Nations so as to build a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyberspace, said Xi's senior foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi.
The two leaders also exchanged views on intellectual property rights protection and human rights, Yang said.
Xi and Obama took a significant step toward tackling climate change, announcing their countries had agreed for the first time to partner on reducing hydrofluorocarbons, a greenhouse gas used in refrigerators, air conditioners and industrial applications.
On North Korea, the leaders agreed that it had to be denuclearized and that neither country would accept it as a nuclear-armed state.
Obama and Xi met for about eight hours over the course of two days at Sunnylands. Their talks included a working dinner and a morning walk through the estate's manicured gardens on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
During their walk, the leaders stopped to sit on a park bench made of California redwood that Obama presented to Xi as a gift.
An Obama administration official said Xi discussed at length growing up in the countryside during his country's "cultural revolution." Xi also broke out a bottle of "Maotai," a famous Chinese liquor, to toast Obama during the working dinner.
Obama told reporters the talks were "terrific."
The summit ended in low-key style, with no formal statements to the press, just a private tea with Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan.
While Peng accompanied Xi to California, Michelle Obama stayed in Washington. The White House said she wrote Peng a letter welcoming her to the United States and expressing regret for not seeing her at the weekend.
Xi said China was opposed to hacking or cyberattacks in all their forms, and was itself a victim. Both nations face common challenges when it comes to cybersecurity and these should be a matter for bilateral cooperation rather than a source of suspicion and friction, Xi said.
Both sides agreed to strengthen dialogue, coordination and cooperation through an already-established cyber working group. They also pledged to help promote the establishment of a fair, democratic and transparent global Internet management mechanism mainly through the United Nations so as to build a peaceful, secure, open and cooperative cyberspace, said Xi's senior foreign policy adviser Yang Jiechi.
The two leaders also exchanged views on intellectual property rights protection and human rights, Yang said.
Xi and Obama took a significant step toward tackling climate change, announcing their countries had agreed for the first time to partner on reducing hydrofluorocarbons, a greenhouse gas used in refrigerators, air conditioners and industrial applications.
On North Korea, the leaders agreed that it had to be denuclearized and that neither country would accept it as a nuclear-armed state.
Obama and Xi met for about eight hours over the course of two days at Sunnylands. Their talks included a working dinner and a morning walk through the estate's manicured gardens on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
During their walk, the leaders stopped to sit on a park bench made of California redwood that Obama presented to Xi as a gift.
An Obama administration official said Xi discussed at length growing up in the countryside during his country's "cultural revolution." Xi also broke out a bottle of "Maotai," a famous Chinese liquor, to toast Obama during the working dinner.
Obama told reporters the talks were "terrific."
The summit ended in low-key style, with no formal statements to the press, just a private tea with Xi's wife, Peng Liyuan.
While Peng accompanied Xi to California, Michelle Obama stayed in Washington. The White House said she wrote Peng a letter welcoming her to the United States and expressing regret for not seeing her at the weekend.
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