Cyberattacks are a major issue between the United States and Chinas, since both sides often talk about it, but essentially neither country takes responsibility, nor accepts the accusations. 
It is a fact that because of the nature of these acts, it is difficult to say what the truth is, as it is not everything black or white.
For their part, the United States appears to be willing to impose "unprecedented" sanctions in China to punish it for a number of supposedly commercial cyber-attacks, Publication of Washington Post.
According to the publication, invoked by anonymous US officials, the Obama administration plans to impose "unprecedented" sanctions against Beijing in response to a recent series of supposedly commercial cyber-attacks.
The government may justify these sanctions based on reports that Chinese companies have exploited and benefited from cyber-theft of US trade secrets, such as data intellectual property, corporate and trade secrets.
Apparently the Obama administration has not yet decided to proceed or not with the sanctions, but the White House is expected to take the final decision on the matter soon. A spokesman for the White House refused to comment on the matter.
Moreover, in a few weeks, Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington is expected. Last week, a White House spokesman confirmed that there is "no doubt" that this issue (the issue of cyber-attacks on the part of China) will be on the agenda.
