US to conduct 'cyber espionage review' of Chinese-made IT

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Government-spending law targets 'made in China' software and hardware

The US government is to introduce a "cyber espionage review" process into future purchases of IT after the measures were passed in a new funding law signed this week by President Obama. It follo...

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