WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is using espionage to acquire technologies to fuel its fast-paced military modernization program, the Pentagon said on Monday in an annual report that for the first time accused Beijing of trying to break into U.S. defense computer networks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China is using state-sponsored industrial espionage to acquire the technology it needs to forge ahead with a fast-paced military modernization program and cut its reliance on foreign arms makers, the Pentagon said in a new report on Monday.