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South China Sea map to accompany Lyons article of June 15, 2015

JAMES LYONS, RICHARD FISHER: Checking China’s military build-up in the South China Sea

By James A. Lyons and Richard Fisher

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is expected to discuss island-building with People's Liberation Army Gen. Fan Changlong during a meeting Thursday. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Ashton Carter’s China remarks signal Obama policy shift

By Bill Gertz

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012 file photo, Tsai Ing-wen, presidential candidate of Taiwanese opposition Democratic Progressive Party speaks to reporters in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Taiwan’s opposition presidential candidate will look to reassure U.S. officials this week that victory in a January election for her party, which Beijing views with suspicion, won’t revive tensions across the Taiwan Strait. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan reassures U.S. on relations ahead of vote

By Brennan Weiss - The Washington Times

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, rescuers save a survivor, center, from the overturned passenger ship in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Rescuers pulled several survivors to safety after hearing cries for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship that went down overnight in a storm on China's Yangtze River, state broadcaster CCTV said. (Cheng Min/Xinhua via AP)

Survivors pulled from China boat capsizing; hundreds missing

By Ian Mader - Associated Press

Chinese paramilitary policemen march past street cleaners near Tiananmen Square in Beijing Monday, June 1, 2015. The Chinese capital maintains a tight security around Tiananmen Square ahead of the 26th anniversary of China's June 4 bloody crackdown on pro democracy demonstrators. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

KIM R. HOLMES: China prepping for regional hegemony

By Kim R. Holmes

South Korea's delegation, center, led by Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook, center top, U.S. delegation, right, and Japan's delegation, left, attend at their meeting about North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Envoys from S. Korea, U.S., Japan discuss N.Korean nuke threat

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

atoll: China's alleged ongoing reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea is raising notices of Western nations concerned China may be attempting to assert dominance. (Associated Press)

Beijing brushes off South China Sea complaints, adopts aggressive military stance

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

NUMBER 1. BOEING AH-64 APACHE is a four-blade, twin-engine attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement, and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night vision systems. It is armed with a 30 mm (1.18 in) M230 Chain Gun carried between the main landing gear, under the aircraft's forward fuselage. It has four hardpoints mounted on stub-wing pylons, typically carrying a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and Hydra 70 rocket pods. The AH-64 has a large amount of systems redundancy to improve combat survivability. An air weapons team of two AH-64D Apaches from the 1st "Attack" Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, come in for a landing at Camp Taji, Iraq, after completing a reconnaissance mission in the skies over Baghdad Nov. 6. Photo by Chief Warrant Officer 4 Daniel McClinton, 1st ACB, 1st Cav. Div.

Army told to get tougher with China, quit deferring to U.S. Navy in Asia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are said to have a budding "bromance." Their nations plan joint naval exercises in the Mediterranean and cooperation in China's proposed development bank. (Associated Press)

New Russia-China alliance latest diplomatic, strategic blow to Obama

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 25, 2013, file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama poses with Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang for a photo during their meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. Bilateral friendship between the U.S. and Vietnam was formalized in 2013, when Truong Tan Sang visited the White House and with Obama launched a “Comprehensive Partnership” for cooperation in political and diplomatic relations, trade and economic ties, defense, the war legacy and many other issues. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Vietnam and the U.S. test their hard-won friendship

By GRANT PECK - Associated Press

President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 12 at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China has become one of the world's largest two economies, and is wealthy enough to buy up at least $1.3 trillion of the U.S. debt. But that hasn't stopped Uncle Sam from continuing to send foreign aid to Beijing. (Associated Press)

CIA worked with China intelligence services against Russia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Inside the Ring: Joseph Dunford next to chair Joint Chiefs?

By Bill Gertz

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Six countries produce nearly 60 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. China and the United States combine for more than two-fifths. The planet’s future will be shaped by what these top carbon polluters do about the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

China building runway on manmade South China Sea island

By Guy Taylor and Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

The Segway was once pitched by inventor Dean Kamen as the future of 21st century transportation and "would be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy." Now, the New Hampshire-based Segway, Inc. has been bought by Beijing-based scooter manufacturer Ninebot Inc. (Associated Press)

Former Chinese rival in deal to buy Segway

By Chris White - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged at Tuesday's hearing that 282 people have had to be kicked out of the amnesty program because of criminal convictions or gang ties that were later discovered. That was out of a population of more than 600,000 who were approved. (Associated Press)

China, U.S. to boost cooperation on repatriating fugitives

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Police face off with protesters dressed as green sea turtles during a rally last year in front of the Chinese Consulate at the financial district of Makati city to protest poaching in the South China Sea. Beijing's accelerated land reclamation in recent years has only escalated the friction among claimants. In particular, China's expansion in Johnson and Gaven reefs threatens to wreck rich fishing grounds and valuable coral reefs in the archipelago. (Associated Press)

South China Sea territorial clashes threaten environmental catastrophe

By James Borton - Special to The Washington Times

President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 12 at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China has become one of the world's largest two economies, and is wealthy enough to buy up at least $1.3 trillion of the U.S. debt. But that hasn't stopped Uncle Sam from continuing to send foreign aid to Beijing. (Associated Press)

China invests in cyberwarfare to compete with U.S. military

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Maj. Eric Geyer, an F-18 Hornet instructor with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, and Capt. Kyle Haire, also an F-18 Hornet instructor with MAWTS-1, top left, and Maj. Clint Webber, the tactical aviation department head for MAWTS-1, bottom right, train in their aircraft during the spring Weapons and Tactics Instructors' Course at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Waterstreet)

Inside the Ring: Marine fighter jet landing on Taiwan sends China message

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Monday, March 30, 2015. Lew said he pressed Chinese leaders Monday over proposed curbs on the use of foreign security products by banks and other restrictions on access to China's technology market. (AP Photo/Parker Song, Pool)

U.S. allies rush to join China’s new bank as deadline looms

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

LED IN: U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the International Convention Center in Yanqi Lake, Beijing, China Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (Associated Press)

Australia latest U.S. ally to sign on to new Chinese development bank

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times