1) This is simply more anti-China propaganda. And perhaps an attempt by the US to lessen the public impact of its own now-exposed espionage activities. Like a child, caught with his hand in the cookie jar, whose defense is: "But Johnny took more cookies than I did!"
2) I am Chinese engineer working in Silicon valley. The idea that a PLA hacker hack into U.S. firm to steal design documents and gave Chinese companies is so hollywood-style. It simply show the experts here have no idea how technology work in modern days. They overestimate corrupted PLA's capability. The fact they god caught is the proof of their incompetence. Westinghouse is given as an example of Chinese industrial espionage. However, there is no competitor of Westinghouse in China at all.
Over and over, I see the PR campaign against China is stepping up. It's not China's choice to be enemy of U.S. It's U.S.'s desire. Without a strong enemy like China. How to justify U.S. military expense to U.S. Tax payer?
Michael mentions tension in South and East China sea. U.S. media has portrait China as a big villain in east Asia. However, there is no mention that Japan has territorial dispute with Koreas, Russia, Mainland China and Taiwan. No U.S. media ever mention that Vietnam claims almost all the islands in South China Sea, almost exactly the same claim as China.