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FILE - In this April 26, 2017, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's newly-built aircraft carrier Liaoning is transferred from dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony at a shipyard in Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning Province as China launches its first aircraft carrier built entirely on its own. The threat to Japan from North Korea has reached a “new stage” now that the country is capable of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile and its nuclear weapons program has advanced, a defense ministry report said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The 532-page defense report also raised concerns over China’s ongoing assertiveness in air and maritime activity in the regional seas, and raised concerns about the lack of transparency in the country’s military buildup with its budget making triple increase over the past decade. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)
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FILE - In this July 30, 2017 file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping stands on a military jeep as he inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The threat to Japan from North Korea has reached a “new stage” now that the country is capable of launching an intercontinental ballistic missile and its nuclear weapons program has advanced, a defense ministry report said Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The 532-page defense report also raised concerns over China’s ongoing assertiveness in air and maritime activity in the regional seas, and raised concerns about the lack of transparency in the country’s military buildup with its budget making triple increase over the past decade. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP, File)
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China Intercession with North Korea Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this July 1, 2017 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves after administering the oath for a five-year term in office at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Hong Kong. An official Chinese magazine says President Xi personally directed the enlargement of China’s presence in the South China Sea through the construction of man-made islands and other measures, crediting him with constructing a “maritime Great Wall.” (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping stands on a military jeep as he inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sunday, July 30, 2017. China's military has the "confidence and capability" to bolster the country's rise into a world power, President Xi Jinping said Sunday as he oversaw a large-scale military parade meant to show off the forces at his command to foreign and domestic audiences. (Li Tao/Xinhua via AP)
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping stands on a military jeep as he inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sunday, July 30, 2017. China's military has the "confidence and capability" to bolster the country's rise into a world power, President Xi Jinping said Sunday as he oversaw a large-scale military parade meant to show off the forces at his command to foreign and domestic audiences. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)
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Nicole Kidman participates in the "Top of the Lake: China Girl" panel during the AMC and Sundance TV Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Nicole Kidman participates in the "Top of the Lake: China Girl" panel during the AMC and Sundance TV Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
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Former Chinese Vice Health Minister Huang Jiefu speaks during an interview in Beijing, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Huang, the chief architect of China's organ transplant program, says the country is on track to lead the world in transplant surgeries by 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Former Chinese Vice Health Minister Huang Jiefu speaks during an interview in Beijing, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Huang, the chief architect of China's organ transplant program, says the country is on track to lead the world in transplant surgeries by 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 15, 2013, file photo, 28 year old Fang Hui shows off the scar from a living donor organ transplant operation where she received a portion of her sister's liver, at a hospital in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province. The chief architect of China's organ transplant program said Wednesday, July 26, 2017 that the country is on track to lead the world in transplant surgeries by 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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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)
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China's Shanshan Feng tees off on the eighth hole during the final round of the U.S. Women's Open Golf tournament Sunday, July 16, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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China's Shanshan Feng reacts after sinking a putt on the 17th green during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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China's Shanshan Feng hits a shot from the 18th fairway during the third round of the U.S. Women's Open Golf tournament Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A photo showing from right Liu Xia, her brother Liu Hui, Liu Xiaobo's elder brother Liu Xiaoguang and younger brother Liu Xiaoxuan attend a ceremony for the late Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo at a funeral home is shown at a government press conference held at a hotel in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Saturday, July 15, 2017. China cremated the body of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died this week after a battle with liver cancer amid international criticism of Beijing for not letting him travel abroad as he had wished. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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A photo showing Liu Xia, center, holding a photo of the late Liu Xiaobo as Liu Xiaoxuan, Liu Xiaobo's younger brother, right, holds his cremated remains in a black box near Liu Xia's brother Liu Hui, left, during a ceremony, is displayed at a government press conference held in a hotel in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Saturday, July 15, 2017. China cremated the body of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died this week after a battle with liver cancer amid international criticism of Beijing for not letting him travel abroad as he had wished. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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ADDS A DROPPED WORD IN FIRST SENTENCE - In this photo provided by the Shenyang Municipal Information Office, people attend the funeral of jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo at a funeral parlor in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Saturday, July 15, 2017. China cremated the body of imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, who died this week after a battle with liver cancer amid international criticism of Beijing for not letting him travel abroad as he had wished. (Shenyang Municipal Information Office via AP)
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China's Shanshan Feng hits an approach shot on the second fairway during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open Golf tournament Friday, July 14, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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China's Shanshan Feng reacts after sinking a putt on the second green during the second round of the U.S. Women's Open Golf tournament Friday, July 14, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
