According to Bloomberg, "The U.S. finds China's efforts to build military facilities on reclaimed South China Sea islands 'troubling' and plans to raise the issue during annual talks in Washington this month... The U.S. will levy its protest during the Sino-U.S. talks, which are slated to start Monday and include Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang. Adding to tensions in this year's meetings are claims that U.S. government computers were hacked by Chinese cyberspies and preparations for President Xi Jinping's state visit planned for September."
Reuters writes, "The United States said on Thursday it would not 'paper over' differences between the United States and China when top officials of the world's two largest economies meet to discuss financial and political strategy in Washington next week...[including] revelations of massive cyber attacks on U.S. government computers in the past two weeks ...The United States would also stress human rights, including the issue of democracy in Hong Kong, China's 'very problematic' law on NGOs, and its restrictions on media and civil society, he told a media briefing."
"China has emerged as the world's largest market for solar panels and in 2015 is expected to be home to a quarter of the planet's new energy capacity from solar panels... China is expected to install 14 gigawatts of solar panels in 2015 out of a total 55 gigawatts worth of solar panels installed worldwide. In addition to China, countries in the Asia Pacific region are supposed to count for more than half of the world's new solar panel capacity this year, including many new solar installations in Japan," reports Fortune.