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U.S.
National Security Adviser Susan Rice met with Chinese State
Councilor Guo Shengkun to discuss the importance "of fully
adhering" to an anti-hacking accord signed last year between the
China and the United States, National Security Council spokesman
Ned Price said.
The deal, brokered during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state
visit to Washington in 2015, included a pledge that neither
country would knowingly carry out hacking for commercial
advantages.
Rice told Guo that the United States was concerned "about the
potential impacts" of a law that China adopted in November aimed
at combating hacking and terrorism.
Critics of the law say it threatens to shut foreign technology
companies out of various sectors deemed "critical," and includes
contentious requirements for security reviews and for data to be
stored on servers in China.
Rights advocates also say the law will enhance restrictions on
China's Internet, already subject to the world's most
sophisticated online censorship mechanism, known outside China
as the Great Firewall.
Rice met with Guo after the third round of high level talks on
cyber security between China and the United States was held on
Wednesday.
(Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe; Editing by Alistair Bell)
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