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Tam Tak-chi, center, one of the 47 pro-democracy Hong Kong activists, is escorted by Correctional Services officers in Hong Kong, on March 2, 2021. Hong Kong’s Court of Appeal on Thursday, March 7, 2024, upheld a 40-month sentence for pro-democracy activist Tam, the first person tried under the city's sedition law since Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Hong Kong court affirms landmark sedition conviction for pro-democracy activist

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 nuclear ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China building new generation of mobile ICBMs

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese military officers arrive for a preparatory session of the National People's Congress outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China to boost defense spending by 7.2% this year despite economic woes

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left and Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, attend the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Xi’s China closes another window on economic transparency

By Ken Moritsugu and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

The president of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., addresses the Lowy Institute during the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

Philippines urges neighbors to stand together more strongly against China in the South China Sea

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

A young couple walk by a construction site near office buildings in the Central Business District in Beijing on March 2, 2024. China's efforts to restore confidence and rev up the economy will top the agenda during this month’s meeting of the ceremonial national legislature.(AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China seeks ways to revive slowing economy and salvage property market as annual congress convenes

By Dake Kang and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Fighting Chinese communists in Ohio illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Fighting Chinese communists and American elected officials in Ohio

By Michael McKenna

Holding a sign of anti-Article 23 bill, pro-democracy activists shout slogans during a candlelight vigil at a downtown Hong Kong park on Feb. 25, 2003. Hong Kong’s plan to enact a new national security law, on top of a sweeping legislation that was imposed by Beijing and used to crack down on dissent, is deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the former British colony.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Hong Kong’s plan for a new national security law deepens fears over eroding civil liberties

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

U.S. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Jen Daskal, center, walks with U.S. ambassador to China Nicholas Burns after a launch ceremony at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Daskal is leading an interagency U.S. delegation to Beijing to launch the U.S.-China Counternarcotics Working Group. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

U.S. engaged in ‘battle of ideas’ with communist China, U.S. ambassador says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - Bai Yun, the mother of newly named panda cub, Mei Sheng, gets a mouthful of bamboo during the cub's first day on display at the San Diego Zoo on Dec. 17, 2003. China is working on sending a new pair of giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all the iconic bears in the U.S. were returned to the Asian country in recent years amid rocky relations between the two nations. San Diego sent back its last pandas to China in 2019. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi,File)

China plans to send San Diego Zoo more pandas this year, reintroducing panda diplomacy

By Julie Watson - Associated Press

The interior of the I-Soon office, also known as Anxun in Mandarin, is seen after office hours in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to China’s top policing agency and other parts of its government. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)

An online dump of Chinese hacking documents offers a rare window into pervasive state surveillance

By Frank Bajak and Dake Kang - Associated Press

Protesters hold up blank pieces of paper and chant slogans as they march to protest strict anti-virus measures in Beijing, Nov. 27, 2022. Thousands of people demonstrated across China in what came to be called the White Paper movement, after the blank sheets of paper protesters used to represent the country's strict censorship controls. One year later, China has all but forgotten the protests. The state reacted quickly, breaking up the marches with arrests and threats and ending COVID-19 controls. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

U.S. urged to do more to counter China’s growing censorship system

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. and Chinese national flags are hung outside a hotel during the U.S. presidential election event, organized by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

Beijing engaged in ‘critical buildout’ of offensive cyber tools, FBI Director Wray warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, right, battles for the ball against Vissel Kobe's Nanasei Iino during the friendly soccer match between Vissel Kobe and Inter Miami CF at the National Stadium, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Anger over Messi’s absence in Hong Kong game spreads: Argentina friendly in mainland China canceled

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Chinese military vehicles carrying DF-17 ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, on Oct. 1, 2019. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, that China’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons “increases tensions in the region” and vowed the U.S. would maintain its capability to deter potential threats posed by China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Chinese-born engineer arrested for theft involving missile sensor technology

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coast Guard ship uses water cannons on Philippine navy-operated supply boat M/L Kalayaan as it approaches Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea on Sunday Dec. 10, 2023. The Chinese coast guard assaulted three Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts Sunday and rammed one of them, causing serious engine damage off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea just a day after similar hostilities at another shoal, the Philippine coast guard said. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Pacific Command legal office prepares military forces for future fight with China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida walk along the Colonnade of the White House, Jan. 13, 2023, in Washington. Biden will host Kishida for a state visit on April 10, with the goal of strengthening a critical alliance as the United States has sought to counter China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

In Japan, reports of a new data hack accelerate the tilt against China

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Sweden's goalie Henrik Lundqvist, of the NHL New York Rangers, celebrates after beating Finland 3-2 to win the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey gold medal game in Turin, Italy, Feb. 26, 2006. NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade. The world's top hockey league will allow its players to participate in the Games in 2026 in Milan and in 2030 under an agreement announced Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, by the NHL, the NHL Players’ Association, International Ice Hockey Federation and the IOC. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

NHL players are headed back to the Olympics in 2026 and 2030, cleared to play for 1st time since ‘14

By Stephen Whyno - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, assault boats take part in naval drills in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Taiwan is holding spring military drills following its recent presidential election and amid threats from China, which claims the island as its own territory that it is determined to annex, possibly by force. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

China’s move on Taiwan could come even sooner than projected, U.S. commander warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Jen Daskal, left, shakes hands with Chinese Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong before a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Daskal is leading an interagency U.S. delegation to Beijing to launch the U.S.-China Counternarcotics Working Group. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

U.S. and China launch talks on fentanyl trafficking in a sign of cooperation amid differences

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press