China Violated Obama-Era Cybertheft Pact, U.S. Official Says (marketwatch.com)

China has violated an accord it signed with the U.S. three years ago pledging not to engage in hacking for the purpose of economic espionage, a senior U.S. intelligence official said this week. From a report: The 2015 bilateral agreement had significantly reduced the amount of Chinese cybertheft targeting American companies, but Beijing's commitment to the deal has eroded, said Rob Joyce, senior adviser for cybersecurity strategy at the National Security Agency. "It is clear they are well beyond the bounds of the agreement today that was forged between our two countries," Joyce said during a panel conversation at the Aspen Cyber Summit.

Joyce's comments were the latest sign of Washington's rising frustration over China's alleged violation of the pact signed between then-President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Last week, then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions also said China wasn't adhering to the deal, in which the U.S. and China agreed not to conduct cyber operations against each other to steal intellectual property or other forms of economic intelligence.

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[DarkOx]

I mean lets be honest here; nobody is going to do jack about it. We don't ever do anything about China's bad behavior except 'talk' and maybe sell some weapons systems to Taiwan.

China unlike Russia is real threat to us and all anyone in our government; with the occasional (and only occasional) exception being Trump cares to do anything about it.

The talking heads will cry about how important free trade is while we literally let all our industrial and defense secrets walk out the door.

Trump 2020!

I am not saying this is Karma

[Anonymous Coward]

But if Trump throw out the nuclear agreement with Iran, why would anyone insist China has to stick with their agreement with the US?