Quarter of U.S. firms in China face data theft: business lobby

By Michael Martina BEIJING (Reuters) – 1 / 4 of corporations which are participants of a number one U.S. trade lobby in China were victims of information theft, a document with the aid of the team stated on Friday, amid growing vitriol between Beijing and Washington over the threat of cyber assaults. Twenty-six percent of members who replied to an annual survey stated their proprietary knowledge or alternate secrets had been compromised or stolen from their China operations, the American Chamber of Commerce in China document said. …