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U.S. President Joe Biden, right, speaks during a news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, at the People's House, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Seoul. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. and South Korea open to expanded joint military drills to deter North

By Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask rides a bicycle across a quiet intersection in the central business district during the morning rush hour as most workers in the area have been ordered to work from home in Beijing, Thursday, May 12, 2022. China's leaders are struggling to reverse a deepening economic slump while keeping a &quot;zero-COVID&quot; strategy that has shut down Shanghai and other cities. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

U.S. economy projected to outpace China’s for first time since 1976

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo released Dec. 31, 2021, by Xinhua News Agency, an undated photo shows a carrier-based J-15 fighter jet preparing to land on the Chinese navy's Liaoning aircraft carrier during open-sea combat training. China is holding military exercises in the disputed South China Sea coinciding with U.S. President Joe Biden's visits to South Korea and Japan that are largely focused on countering the perceived threat from China. (Hu Shanmin/Xinhua via AP) ** FILE **

As Biden visits Asia, China launches South China Sea drills

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President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol visit the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus, Friday, May 20, 2022, in Pyeongtaek, South Korea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

China, North Korea cast shadow over Biden Asia mission

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A woman wearing a face mask walks past a Huawei store temporarily closed due to coronavirus-related restrictions in Beijing, Thursday, May 12, 2022, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Canada bans China’s Huawei Technologies from 5G networks

By Robert Gillies - Associated Press

FILE - Flowers sit outside crime scene tape at Geneva Presbyterian Church on May 17, 2022, in Laguna Woods, Calif., where a shooting at the church on Sunday left one dead and five injured. Officials in California's Orange County are still trying to determine why a gunman opened fire in the church. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, FILE)

Gunman targets Taiwanese faith with long pro-democracy link

By Deepa Bharath - Associated Press

In this photo released Monday, May 16, 2022, by the Orange County Sheriff's Department is David Chou. Authorities said Chou, the gunman in Sunday's deadly attack at a Southern California church, was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people. Chou was booked on one count of murder and five counts of attempted murder. (Orange County Sheriff's Department via AP)

California church shooting suspect linked to pro-Chinese Communist group

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Admiral John C. Aquilino, U.S. Navy, is shown in this Defense Department portrait. He is the 26th Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, the nation’s oldest and largest combatant command. (Photo via pacom.mil) [https://www.pacom.mil/Leadership/Biographies/Article-View/Article/2590636/commander-us-indo-pacific-command/]

China steps up subversion of global order in power grab, U.S. Pacific admiral warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Illustration on how the debt compromises national security by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

When the balloon pops: Inflating our debt and undermining our security

By Rep. Lloyd Smucker

A woman wearing a face mask rides a bicycle past stores closed for COVID-19 control at a shopping mall in Beijing, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Students protest as discontent rises over China’s zero-COVID

By Ken Moritsugu and David Rising - Associated Press

Musk’s China ties add potential risks to Twitter purchase

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

In this April 23, 2019, file photo, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province. China says it is holding naval drills involving the battlegroup of the aircraft carrier Liaoning in waters near Taiwan. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

China says second warship ready for battle, extended missions

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A resident past by a mobile test station during mass COVID-19 testing on Monday, May 16, 2022, in Shanghai. Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict lockdown, authorities said Monday, as the city moves toward reopening and economic data showed the gloomy impact of China's “zero-COVID" policy. (AP Photo/Chen Si)

Most of Shanghai has ended coronavirus spread; 1M left in lockdown

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Uyghur Nursimangul Abdureshid, 34, poses for a photograph during an interview with The Associated Press in Istanbul, Turkey on May 4, 2022. Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on terrorism-related charges, in what is the highest known imprisonment rate in the world, an Associated Press review of leaked data shows. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world

By Huizhong Wu and Dake Kang - Associated Press

Illustration on the plight of Taiwan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

First Taiwan, then the U.S.?

By Tiffany Meier

China's fan holds national flag before the AFC Asian Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Iran and China at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Jan. 24, 2019. China withdrew as host of soccer's 2023 Asian Cup on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in the latest cancellation of the country's sports hosting duties during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

China cites pandemic and withdraws as host of 2023 Asian Cup

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Joseph Zen, retired archbishop of Hong Kong, attends the ordination ceremony of Bishop Stephen Chow, in Hong Kong, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. Zen, the 90-year-old Catholic cleric arrested by Hong Kong police on national security charges, has long been a fiery critic of Beijing, along with efforts by the Vatican to reach a working arrangement with the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Arrested Hong Kong cardinal a fiery critic of Beijing

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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a commendation ceremony for role models of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics at the Great Hall of the People , Friday, April 8, 2022, in Beijing. Xi on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, promoted the role of the ruling Communist Party’s youth wing ahead of a key party congress later this year that comes amid rising economic and social pressures. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Rumors swirl that China’s Xi Jinping will step down amid harsh COVID lockdowns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Workers in PPE overalls guard an entrance to a community under lock down on Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Beijing. A fast-spreading variant known as &quot;stealth omicron&quot; is testing China's zero-tolerance strategy, which had kept the virus at bay since the deadly initial outbreak in the city of Wuhan in early 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

DIA: Intel suggests COVID virus was lab-engineered

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a passenger jet that veered off a runway during takeoff and caught fire is seen in the aftermath in Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwestern China's Chongqing Thursday, May 12, 2022. The Chinese passenger jet left the runway upon takeoff and caught fire in western China on Thursday morning, and several people were injured. (Liu Chan/Xinhua via AP)

Plane veers off runway in China and catches fire; 36 injured

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