Meanwhile, with the cyber espionage issue so suddenly sidelined in the court of world opinion, a crew of three Chinese astronauts lifted off early this week from China's Gobi Desert spaceport for a 15-day mission to China's Tiangong 1 space station.
Suspecting that Snowden might seek asylum in Scandinavia, the FBI wrote from the US embassy in Copenhagen to the police forces of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland to inform them that the US Department of Justice had charged Snowden with theft and espionage, and issued a provisional warrant for his arrest, according to documents released by Norway's national broadcaster NRK.
Rumbling tensions in both the East China and South China Seas - where China has overlapping territorial claims with multiple nations - are also likely to come up, as is the issue of cyber espionage, a subject upon which the US has become increasingly vocal in recent months.
There are so many things: cyberattacks, access-to-market issues, espionage, theft.
He has written extensively about espionage and intelligence issues, including a book entitled "The Great Game: the Myth and Reality of Espionage", published by Knopf in 2004.
But Garbo invented an entire espionage network and issued frequent bulletins that the Germans intercepted.
The subpoenas, originally intended for exceptional circumstances to thwart espionage, are not issued by a judge or grand jury, but by FBI agents.
The obvious issues involve espionage and information theft, but the real transformation is much broader.
Jennifer Lawrence on a role that combines two of today's most critical issues: Russian espionage and sexual coercion at work.
She talks to David Remnick about a new role that combines two of today's most critical issues: Russian espionage and sexual coercion at work.
