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FILE - In this March 17, 2016, file photo, loaded trucks and vehicles wait in line at the border check point before crossing the Friendship Bridge linking China and North Korea across the Yalu River, as seen from Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. China's total trade with North Korea has risen in the first five months of 2017 despite Beijing's promise to enforce U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, but Chinese purchases of North Korean goods have fallen sharply. (Chinatopix via AP, File)

US, China grow further apart as North Korean threat rises

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile, ICBM, in North Korea's northwest, Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo. North Korea claimed to have tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile in a launch Tuesday, a potential game-changing development in its push to militarily challenge Washington but a declaration that conflicts with earlier South Korean and U.S. assessments that it had an intermediate range. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: North Korea’s ICBM warhead

By Bill Gertz

U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, makes comments about pro-democracy activist and Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo during a photocall and remarks to journalists at the Ambassador's residence in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. The newly arrived U.S. ambassador in Beijing says the Nobel Peace Prize laureate should be allowed to get treatment outside China after he was diagnosed with cancer while imprisoned for subversion. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China should allow Nobel laureate to get cancer treatment abroad, U.S. ambassador says

By Matthew Brown - Associated Press

China and Kong Hong national flags are displayed to mark the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China. Hong Kong is planning a big party as it marks 20 years under Chinese rule, but many people in the former British colony are not in the mood to celebrate. (Associated Press)

Hong Kong strained on 20th anniversary of handover from Britain to China

By Luke Hunt - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, second from right, walks with his wife Christine Branstad at right and other members of his family during a photocall and remarks to journalists at the Ambassador's residence in Beijing, China, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. A self-described &quot;farm boy from Iowa&quot; who's known China's president for more than 30 years, Terry made his first public appearance as the new U.S. ambassador in Beijing on Wednesday, assuming the post at a time when President Donald Trump has injected a strong dose of unpredictability into America foreign diplomacy. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

‘Farm boy’ from Iowa tasked with bridging US-China divisions

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Visitors pass by an ambulance outside the China Medical University No. 1 Affiliated Hospital where imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo is believed to have been transferred to after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning province, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. The deteriorating health of China's best-known political prisoner was immediately met with dismay and anger by the country's beleaguered community of rights activists and lawyers, who called it a blow to the democracy movement. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US envoy: China should allow Nobel laureate treatment abroad

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

A statue of late paramount leader Mao Zedong looks over the complex of the China Medical University No. 1 Affiliated Hospital where imprisoned Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate and dissident Liu Xiaobo is believed to have been transferred to after being diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning province, Tuesday, June 27, 2017. The deteriorating health of China's best-known political prisoner was immediately met with dismay and anger by the country's beleaguered community of rights activists and lawyers, who called it a blow to the democracy movement. Chinese character at top right of building reads &quot;Oncology Hospital.&quot; (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Questions raised about Liu Xiaobo’s prison medical treatment

By DIDI TANG and MARK SCHIEFELBEIN - Associated Press

After meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in May, Argentine President Mauricio Macri returned from Beijing with $17 billion worth of commitments to build nuclear reactors, railway lines and a power plant. (Associated Press)

China rivals U.S. for Latin America business

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

IOC ‘very happy’ with Beijing prep for 2022 Winter Olympics

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, May 3, 2017 photo, a North Korean soldier looks through a pair of binoculars as he stands at a guard tower on the border near Chongsu in North Korea's North Pyongan Province, as seen from across the border in Dandong in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said Friday, May 26, 2017, that Chinese officials have told Washington they have tightened border controls with North Korea as part of U.N. sanctions aimed at halting Pyongyang's nuclear and missile activities. (Chinatopix via AP)

US diplomat: China tightened border controls with N. Korea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

A general view pictured during the 70th World Health Assembly, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, May 22, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Taiwanese minister: China is playing politics with health

By JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

South Korean special envoy Lee Hae-chan, left, passes on a hand-written letter from South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, May 19, 2017. A senior foreign policy adviser to Chinese President Xi stressed the importance of relations with South Korea on Friday as the two countries attempt to mend a rift in ties over the deployment of a U.S. missile-defense system to guard against North Korean threats. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s Xi says willing to help end rift with South Korea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

China proposes law to codify investigations of foreigners

Associated Press

In this undated image made from video, members of CD REV chant about THAAD, the U.S. Army's missile defense system formally known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense. A rap group backed by China's government is warning South Korea in a music video that &quot;you're going too far&quot; with the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, as Beijing seeks to bring its state-supported cultural forces to bear in the international dispute. (Photo via AP)

China rappers to Seoul: ‘Big brother’ opposes missile shield

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

AP Exclusive: Chinese spent $24B on US, other ‘golden visas’

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left bottom, talks with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, right, at the a summit at the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China, May 15, 2017. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

China’s Xi outlines plans for wide cooperation in trade plan

By JOE McDONALD and MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping envisions a future world order in which all roads lead to Beijing. (Associated Press/File)

China’s Xi says Silk Road plan boosts finance, security ties

By JOE McDONALD and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Taiwan pushes for inclusion in global health summit

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

A projector screen shows a footage of U.S. President Donald Trump as workers wait for investors at a reception desk during an event promoting EB-5 investment in a Kushner Companies development at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Sunday, May 7, 2017. The sister of President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been courting Chinese investors using a much-criticized federal visa program that provides a path toward obtaining green cards. (AP Photo)

Jared Kushner’s sister woos China’s ‘golden visa’ investors

By GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 6, 2017 file photo, Tiffany Li, a Northern California woman accused of killing the father of her two children, leaves San Mateo County Jail after posting $35 million bail in Redwood City, Calif. Keith Green was a popular but troubled high school football star who had recently washed out of college when he met Tiffany Li. She was the pretty, jet-setting daughter of a rich and powerful Chinese family who was born in Beijing and grew up in the Silicon Valley. She changed his life. Now Li, her new boyfriend and her “bodyguard” face first-degree murder charges in Green’s death. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, file)

Prosecutors: Heiress changed his life then planned his death

By PAUL ELIAS - Associated Press