Obama warns of 'weaponising the internet' ahead of Xi Jinping's US visit
by Dan Roberts in Washington from Technology | The Guardian on (#MNQH)
President lectures China on commercial cyber-attacks despite reports the US has done so itself in the past and says that 'we're still the best at this'
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, received a chilly welcome ahead of his first US state visit next week as Barack Obama responded to growing China-bashing among presidential candidates by listing his own demands on Beijing.
Though insisting the hostility of Republican candidates such as Donald Trump was unhelpful, the president warned China to curb its cyber-attacks on US companies or face a race to "weaponise the internet" in retaliation.
