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U.S. and Chinese Officials Discuss Cybersecurity Cooperation

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

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Two high-level discussions between U.S. administration and Chinese government officials occurred in the previous two days in the context of a joint dialogue on cybersecurity, resulting in several agreed upon outcomes, the White House said Dec. 2.U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson co-chaired the first U.S.-China High-Level Joint Dialogue on Cybercrime and Related Issues with Chinese State Councilor Guo Shengkun in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1 and Dec. 2. Initially planned through Chinese President Xi…

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