China’s government says it is ready to discuss strengthening of cyber security at a high-level forum with U.S. officials next week and wants Washington to help settle territorial disputes in East Asia.
Chinese officials said on Friday that next week’s two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington will include talks on finance and climate change. It will include the inaugural gathering of a U.S.- Chinese cyber security group.
Beijing is under U.S. pressure to crack down on cyber spying after security consultants tracked a wave of hacking attacks to China.
An assistant foreign minister, Zheng Zeguang, said Beijing is ready to work with the United States to build a “peaceful, secure, open” online environment.
Mr. Zheng said Beijing wants Washington to “do more to contribute” to settling tensions over the East China Sea and South China Sea.
