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North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, center, bids farewell to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, right, following their bilateral meeting in the sidelines of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and its Dialogue Partners Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017 in suburban Pasay city, south Manila, Philippines. Bolstered by new U.N. sanctions, the United States and North Korea's neighbors are joining in a fresh attempt to isolate Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs, in a global campaign cheered on by U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Welcome boost from China to global pressure on North Korea

By JOSH LEDERMAN - Associated Press

In this image taken from a recent video footage run by China's CCTV on Friday, Aug 4, 2017, a target explodes during a live-fire drill by the Chinese army in China's Tibet Autonomous Region that border India. Beijing is intensifying its warnings to Indian troops to get out of a contested region high in the Himalayas where China, India and Bhutan meet, saying China has been restrained but &quot;restraint has its limits.&quot; Chinese characters in yellow reads &quot;Artillery soldiers high altitude live fire drills&quot;. (CCTV via AP)

With live-fire drill, China warns India not to test Beijing

By LOUISE WATT - Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at right shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after a joint press conference held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Turkey and China pledge security cooperation as ties warm

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Xi says China will never permit loss of ‘any piece’ of land

By CHRISTOHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, right is shown the way to this position before the seventh meeting of BRICS senior representatives on security issues held at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse near front back to camera in Beijing, China, Friday, July 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

Indian national security adviser in Beijing amid border spat

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017, photo, Guo Xin poses with his 1966 MT GT Fastback, left, and 2005 GT convertible at his garage in Beijing. A former race car driver, Guo finds Mustangs tougher and more fun to drive than European or Japanese sports cars. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Demand overseas keeps Mustang on top despite lower US sales

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

China's defense ministry spokesman Wu Qian speaks during a news conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, Monday, July 24, 2017. China is warning India not to underestimate its determination to safeguard what it considers sovereign territory amid an ongoing standoff between the two neighbors over a contested region high in the Himalayas. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China: India must pull back its troops amid border standoff

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, July 8, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany. After a cordial meeting between Trump and Xi in April 2017, tensions are simmering again between the world’s two biggest economies. As U.S. and Chinese economic officials prepare to meet Wednesday, July 19, in Washington, the U.S. is weighing whether to slap tariffs on steel imports and risk setting off a trade war, a dicey option to deal with a problem caused largely by China’s massive overproduction of steel. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)

EDITORIAL: ‘Banned in China’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

This 2009 handout photo released by a friend of Xiyue Wang, shows Xiyue Wang at his apartment in Hong Kong, China. Princeton University professor Stephen Kotkin, who advised Wang, a Chinese-American researcher sentenced to prison in Iran, defended his former student as innocent of all charges against him. Kotkin told The Associated Press by email that Xiyue Wang is a &quot;remarkable, linguistically gifted graduate student&quot; who studied governance in 19th and early 20th century Muslim regions. (Friend of Xiyue Wang via AP)

American scholar jailed in Iran is innocent, professor says

By ADAM SCHRECK - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Shenyang Municipal Information Office, people attend the of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo during his funeral at a funeral parlor in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Saturday, July 15, 2017. China says the body of Liu Xiaobo, who died this week after a battle with liver cancer, has been cremated. The government of the city of Shenyang in northeastern China, where Liu was treated, said in a briefing that the cremation took place Saturday morning in a ceremony attended by family and friends. (Shenyang Municipal Information Office via AP)

China cremates body of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo

By GILLIAN WONG and NG HAN GUAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 2008 file photo shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo as he poses for a photographer in China. The judicial bureau in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang says jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died of multiple organ failure Thursday, July 13, 2017, at age 61. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)

Chinese political prisoner Liu Xiaobo dies at age 61

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and GILLIAN WONG and HAN GUAN NG - Associated Press

Protesters mourn jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, on Thursday. He was died of liver cancer a few weeks after his release from prison. (Associated Press)

Liu Xiaobo’s death creates public outcry against China

By Nicole Ault - The Washington Times

In this recent undated handout photo, Chinese dissident and Nobel Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, left, is attended to by his wife Liu Xia in a hospital in China. The judicial bureau in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang says jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has died of multiple organ failure Thursday, July 13, 2017, at age 61. (Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Chinese media say Liu was victim misled by West

Associated Press

Female soldiers of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) line up before demonstrating skills during an open day of Stonecutter Island naval base in Hong Kong, Saturday, July 8, 2017, to mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China. China's sole operating aircraft carrier arrived on its first port call to Hong Kong on Friday as part of efforts to stir patriotism amid commemorations of the city's handover from British to Chinese rule 20 years ago. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Beijing networks in U.S. maneuver up to 25,000 spies

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

In this image taken from June 3, 2008, video, Liu Xiaobo speaks during an interview before his detention in Beijing, China. China's ailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate's health is further deteriorating as abdominal fluid accumulates, said a friend on Thursday, July 6, 2017, and the Chinese hospital that is treating him, adding to concerns about the long-term prognosis of the country's best-known political prisoner. (AP Photo)

Hospital: Ailing China Nobel laureate in critical condition

By GERRY SHIH and GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, June 20, 2017 photo provided by South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, left, and second left, and South Korean fighter jets F-15K fly over the Korean Peninsula, South Korea. China’s foreign ministry criticized the U.S. decision to send a pair of B-1B Lancer long-range strategic bombers flying over the South China Sea on Friday, July 7, 2017, calling that a case of “flexing of military muscles” in a manner seen as threatening to Beijing. (South Korean Defense Ministry via AP, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this image taken from Jan 6, 2008, video footage by AP Video, Liu Xiaobo looks at documents in his home in Beijing, China. According to a statement Friday, July 7, 2017, on the website of the First Hospital of China Medical University, the Chinese medical team charged with treating imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has stopped using cancer-fighting drugs so as not to overwhelm his severely weakened liver, raising concerns that China's most prominent political prisoner is critically ill. (AP Video via AP)

Foreign experts see Chinese Nobel laureate; prognosis grim

By GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

In this image taken from Jan 6, 2008, video footage by AP Video, Liu Xiaobo looks at documents in his home in Beijing, China. According to a statement Friday, July 7, 2017, on the website of the First Hospital of China Medical University, the Chinese medical team charged with treating imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has stopped using cancer-fighting drugs so as not to overwhelm his severely weakened liver, raising concerns that China's most prominent political prisoner is critically ill. (AP Video via AP)

China’s ailing Nobel laureate’s brothers visit; fears mount

By GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

The Latest: Bottle broken on suspect in assault on flight

Associated Press

This Friday, July 7, 2017 photo taken the FBI and released via the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle shows the aftermath of a cabin on Delta Flight 129 from Seattle to Beijing, after authorities say flight attendants struggled with Joseph Daniel Hudek IV, a passenger who lunged for an exit door. The photo was included in a criminal complaint filed Friday, July 7. The passenger is charged with interfering with a flight crew and faces up to 20 years in prison. (FBI via U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle via AP)

FBI: Flight attendant broke wine bottle over man’s head

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press