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For the first time the Obama administration has explicitly accused China’s military of hacking into computer systems of the U.S. government and its defense contractors. "The accusations relayed in the Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on Chinese military capabilities were remarkable in their directness," writes David Sanger of The New York Times.

Beijing has tried to suppress a UN report revealing that North Korea and Iran have been routinely sharing “ballistic missile-related items,” sometimes transporting them through China, in breach of United Nations sanctions, the New York Times reports. The transfers are believed to be taking place on regularly scheduled flights of Air Koryo and Iran Air, using air cargo hubs that have less stringent security than passenger terminals. Experts found that the technology transfers had “trans-shipment through a neighboring third country” they later identified as China. The report was submitted to Security Council members, but was delayed for days because the...