"Expectations are low as top officials of the United States and China prepare for an annual meeting here on Tuesday. Yet the fact that the two nations are talking at all is seen as positive at a time when they seem as far apart as ever, not least after the recent discovery that hackers linked to China have stolen the personal data of millions of federal workers. The cyberattacks are certain to charge the atmosphere at the seventh such gathering, known as the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. But that issue will share a lengthy agenda with discordant matters of trade and open markets, the value of China's currency, the treatment of American companies in China, Beijing's military buildup in the South China Sea and more," writes The New York Times.