There could be some awkward undercurrents when the Chinese president is honored with a state dinner at the White House on Friday.

Rice urged China to join the U.S.in promoting responsible forms of state behavior in cyberspace. “It puts enormous strain on our bilateral relationship”, Rice said.

– Pope Francis’ six-day visit to the United States that begins on Tuesday ushers in a week of unprecedented logistical challenges for delivery companies, railroads, the U.S. Postal Service and many shippers as cities ramp up their security and close down roadways.

The issue has become a major thorn in the side of U.S.-China relations in the previous year , especially in the wake of the breach of personal information of tens of millions of USA government workers at the Office of Personnel Management.

While underlining the importance of good relations between the world’s two biggest economies, Rice highlighted cyberespionage, Internet freedom, human rights, maritime disputes in East Asia and intellectual property concerns.

Referring to the South China Sea, where China has spooked its neighbors by building artificial islands with military facilities to assert its disputed territorial claims, Rice asserted that the USA “will sail, fly and operate anywhere that global law permits”. Gordon Chang, Writer of “The Coming Collapse of China”, told Fox News source in that the USA holds the leverage to make calls for of China & questioned the approach being taken.