We have been talking in class the past few days about President Obama and President Jinping meeting this weekend. Friday they took the first initial steps to stop cybertheft between the two countries. President Obama stated that he would impose sanctions if the Chinese hackings still happen from here on out. Although Obama is optimistic that the cyberthreating will stop he still is left with a bit of skepticism as he says "And we will be watching carefully to make an assessment as to whether progress has been made in this area". It does appear that President Jinping is willing to cooperate with President Obama as he basically says conflict and friction is not what will solve this case. Obama said he will insist on cyberspying but the Jinping had no comment on if he would do so as well. A few other small issues were dealt with as well at the meeting like improving the climate as a whole as China sets up a plan to reduce emissions. President Obama also touched on how the people of China still don't have the ability to act freely and express their opinion as they are under strict restrictions in the work field. The two also briefly went over how they should not target ones infrastructure but that is up for debate since their are different responses to what exactly constitutes the infrastructure. As a whole it sounded like the meeting went smoothly as expected and The United States and China are cooperatively working together to improve their already firm relationship.
Hayden Witt
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/26/world/asia/xi-jinping-white-house.html
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