China: On cybersecurity, US must not rock the boat

At the eighth annual US-China Internet Industry Forum, Lu Wei, director of the Central Leading Group for Internet Security and Informatization, China's top cyber policy making body, likened the US and China to two men in a boat during a storm.

In an ancient Chinese legend, the men realized that only by ceasing to quarrel and instead working together were they able to stabilize the craft and land safely on dry land. "In today's world, the boat of the Internet carries more than two men, it carries more than the United States and China," Lu said. "It carries several billion people." Lu reiterated a long-standing Chinese line, that both nations are the victims of cyber hackers and cybercriminals. The United States' stance is that China is behind many cyber-related thefts of commercial trade secrets at US companies.