In Beijing, Dutch PM raises cyberespionage with China’s Xi

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he had discussed an incident of cyberespionage the Netherlands has blamed on the Chinese state during talks with President Xi Jinping on Wednesday. Chinese state-backed cyber spies gained access to a Dutch military network last year, the intelligence agency MIVD said last month, calling it part of a trend of Chinese political espionage against the Netherlands and its allies. It was the first time the Dutch publicly attributed cyberespionage to China, as national security tensions grow between the two countries.