US, China manage to keep a straight face while promising to not hack each other's corps

US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping have announced an cyber-peace deal in which neither side will engage in commercial spying online. "We have agreed that neither the US nor the Chinese government will conduct, or knowingly support, cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property – including trade secrets …

[elDog]

I love the "straight face". Good poker players.

Both out to screw the competition.

Now back to my state-funded surreptitious slurps. Nobody knows who funds me. Nobody know where the data gos. But it will be slurped and it will be sold.

[Mark 85]

Re: I love the "straight face". Good poker players.

And the real beauty of this.. the Norks will be blamed for it.

[Christoph]

See Lauren Weinstein's take on this

[x 7]

In other news, Obama announced the first genetically engineered flying pig.......

[thomas k]

"What, never?"

"No, never!"

"What, never?"

"Hardly ever!"

*with thanks to G&S

[Youngone]

I'm a bit torn

On the one hand they're both lying bastards, and everyone knows it.

On the other hand at least they're talking which is better than the alternative.