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This combination of two 2016 file photos shows, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, left, talking with President Barack Obama at White House in Washington, U.S.A. on Nov. 10, and China's President Xi Jinping arriving at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on Nov. 22. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Luis Hidalgo, Files) **FILE**

What it means if Donald Trump names China a currency manipulator

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

Illustration on the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Remembering the ‘Chinese Spring’

By Thomas Ward

FILE - In this April 7, 1985 file photo, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley of the British group WHAM! perform during a concert in Peking, China. Michael, who rocketed to stardom with WHAM! and went on to enjoy a long and celebrated solo career lined with controversies, has died, his publicist said Sunday, Dec. 25, 2016. He was 53. (AP Photo)

Wham!’s influence felt in China after landmark 1985 concert

By LOUISE WATT - Associated Press

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi makes an opening speech during the trilateral foreign minister's meeting in Tokyo, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. (Katsumi Kasahara/ Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

China says it will cooperate with Donald Trump but warns on Taiwan

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A carpark attendant dressed as Santa Claus wears a mask during a hazy day in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Beijing and much of industrial northern China are in the midst of a &quot;red alert,&quot; the highest level in China's four-tiered pollution warning system. The alert has affected 460 million people, according to Greenpeace East Asia, which calculated that about 200 million people were living in areas that had experienced levels of air pollution more than 10 times above the guideline set by the World Health Organization. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Winds may finally clear ‘scary’ pollution from China’s skies

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

In this March 22, 2014, file photo, flight officer Rayan Gharazeddine scans the water in the southern Indian Ocean off Australia from a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion during a search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. A team of international investigators hunting for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, it has concluded the plane is unlikely to be found in a stretch of the Indian Ocean search crews have been combing for two years, and may instead have crashed in an area farther to the north. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

MH370 likely north of search area after 2 years, experts say

By Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press

A man wearing a mask for protection against air pollution walks across a road in Beijing as the capital of China is shrouded by heavy smog on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Thick, gray smog fell over Beijing on Tuesday, clouding China's capital in a haze that spurred authorities to cancel flights and close some highways in emergency measures to cut down on air pollution. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Smog chokes Chinese cities, grounding flights, closing roads

By NOMAAN MERCHANT and WAYNE ZHANG - Associated Press

Drone seizure latest sign of tougher times between US, China

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2008 file photo, the guided missile frigate USS Mustin is anchored upon its arrival near Sihanoukville, some 185 kilometers (115 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. China has returned to the U.S. an unmanned underwater drone the Chinese Navy seized unlawfully last week in international waters, the Pentagon said in a statement issued late Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. China's defense ministry said it handed the drone back after &quot;friendly consultations.&quot; The USS Mustin received the vehicle for the U.S. in international waters about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Subic Bay, Philippines, according to Pentagon. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith, File)

China returns US underwater drone seized in South China Sea

By GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

In this June 27, 2016, file photo provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, members of the RCMP go through a decontamination procedure in Vancouver after intercepting a package containing approximately 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of the powerful opioid carfentanil imported from China. U.S. assertions that China is the top source of the synthetic opioids that have killed thousands of drug users in the U.S. and Canada are unsubstantiated, Chinese officials told the Associated Press. (Royal Canadian Mounted Police via AP, File)

Beijing denies U.S. claim that China is synthetic drug king

By Erika Kinetz and Gillian Wong - Associated Press

A man carries his child squads outside the respiratory and emergency room as others wait to see doctors at a children hospital in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. A smog-shrouded Chinese city canceled airline flights Sunday due to poor visibility and many parents took children to hospitals on the second day of a pollution alert across the country's north. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese plants closed, cars stopped as nation faces smog ‘red alert’

By Helene Franchineau - Associated Press

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By HRVOJE HRANJSKI - Associated Press

Electric bike riders wearing mask to protect themselves from exhaust gas wait at a traffic lights junction during a heavily polluted day in Beijing, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016. China's capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from city streets and ordered factories, schools and construction sites closed in response to a five-day smog red alert. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Chinese city cancels flights in 2nd day of smog alert

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International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach, center, speaks with IOC members Angela Ruggiero, right, of the US and Ser Miang Ng, left, of Singapore at the opening of the first day of the executive board meeting of the IOC, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC extends provisional measures against Russia

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

This combination of two photos shows U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, left, speaking during a &quot;USA Thank You&quot; tour event in Cincinatti Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, delivering a speech during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Oct. 10, 2016. Trump spoke Friday, Dec. 2, with Tsai, a move that will be sure to anger China. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Chinag Ying-ying, File)

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan president, breaks silence on Trump call, says no major policy shift

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Maria Tam, a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress, walks out of the National People's Congress conference center in Beijing, China, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. Beijing plans to intervene in a Hong Kong political dispute over two young, newly elected separatist lawmakers in a rare move that is stoking fears the Chinese-ruled city’s considerable autonomy and independent judiciary are under threat. Tam told reporters that the NPC has the &quot;final say&quot; on the dispute and that Hong Kong's highest court would accept the NPC interpretation as binding.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China says it must act to deter Hong Kong separatism

By GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2016, file photo, Belgian runners, from left, Kim Gevaert, Elodie Ouedraogo, Olivia Borlee and Hanna Marien stand on the podium after receiving the gold medal for the women's 4 x 100 meter relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, during the Diamond League Memorial Van Damme athletics event at the King Baudouin stadium in Brussels. The Belgian team, initially winning silver, were moved up to gold after one runner on the Russian team tested positive for a banned substance. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Gotcha! Science’s march nets dopers, rights Olympic wrongs

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak, left, and China's Premier Li Keqiang chat during a signing ceremony following their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. (Jason Lee/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese, Malaysian navies to cooperate in South China Sea

By LOUISE WATT - Associated Press

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (left) received a warm welcome from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. Mr. Duterte's visit is part of a charm offensive aimed at seeking trade and support from the Asian giant by setting aside a territorial dispute. (Associated Press)

Rodrigo Duterte ‘separation’ talk perplexes U.S. as Philippines court China, Russia

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte addresses members of the Philippine community in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016. Duterte's effusive message of friendship on his visit to Beijing this week has handed China a public relations bonanza just three months after Beijing suffered a humiliating defeat by an international tribunal. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Philippine leader meets China’s president in charm offensive

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