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Illustration on rising China by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden administration refuses to hold China accountable

By Rep. Jeff Duncan

Chinese soldiers march past the Forbidden City on Friday, March 4, 2022, in Beijing. As China's 3,000-member ceremonial parliament prepare to open its annual session Saturday, March 5, 20222, China's defense budget, largely oriented toward possible military action in Taiwan, is another marquee item that is scrutinized closely by Congress watchers. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Russian invasion raises new danger of Chinese attack on Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China's aggression to Taiwan illustration by The Washington Times

One year after Indo-Pacific Command’s prediction about Taiwan, where do we stand?

By Brent D. Sadler

Chinese military personnel walk in formation outside the entrance to the Forbidden City in Beijing, Saturday, March 5, 2022. China is raising its defense spending in 2022 by 7.1% to $229 billion, up from a 6.8% increase the year before. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

DNI: China engaged in largest nuclear buildup in history, preparing ground to take Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the end of the war in Afghanistan from the State Dining Room of the White House, on Aug. 31, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

The bad news: Biden has three more years

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, China on Feb. 4, 2022. Three weeks ago, on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the leaders of China and Russia declared that the friendship between their countries "has no limits." But that was before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a gambit that will test just how far China is willing to go. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

History As It Happens: The Chinese Century?

By Martin Di Caro

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a remote video press conference held on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

China calls Russia its chief ‘strategic partner’ despite war

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a remote video press conference held on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Monday, March 7, 2022. China's Foreign Minister on Monday called Russia Beijing's &quot;most important strategic partner,&quot; amid its continued refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

Chinese foreign minister says U.S. seeking Asian NATO against China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Panama Canal Zone Russia Ban Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Close the Panama Canal to Russia, as a shot across the bow to China

By Roger Pardo-Maurer

FILE - U.S. Ambassador to China nominee Nicholas Burns attends a hearing to examine his nomination before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. New U.S. Ambassador Nicholas Burns has arrived to take up his post in Beijing amid heightened tensions between the sides over Taiwan, trade, human rights and the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

New U.S. ambassador arrives in Beijing amid tense relations

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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Biden under fire over reported intelligence sharing with China ahead of Russian invasion

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Lee Reaney, a Canadian journalist working for the Kyiv Post, poses questions to the panel during the press conference following the official announcement that athletes from the Russian Paralympic Committee and Belarus, who were to compete as neutral athletes under the Paralympic flag, are no longer allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, Beijing, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Joe Toth/OIS via AP)

As war rages, Paralympics open in Beijing without Russia

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard a the entrance to the Russian Embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. As the West condemns Russia, President Vladimir Putin has vocal supporters in China, where the ruling Communist Party tells its people they are a fellow target of U.S.-led harassment. Public sentiment largely reflects the stance of a ruling party that is the closest thing Putin has to a major ally: The war should stop but the United States is to blame. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China seeks to unify public in support for Russia

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

China World Domination Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

China coming out on top in Ukraine war

By Tom Basile

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, Feb. 4, 2022. China on Thursday, March 3, 2022, denounced a report that it asked Russia to delay invading Ukraine until after the Beijing Winter Olympics as &quot;fake news&quot; and a &quot;very despicable&quot; attempt to divert attention and shift blame over the conflict. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

China denies asking Russia not to invade until post-Olympics

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Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts in the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. Valieva is at the center of the biggest doping story of the Beijing Games after the Russian newspaper RBC reported that the figure skater tested positive for a banned heart medication before the Olympics. Russian athletes are in Beijing competing as the &quot;Russian Olympic Committee&quot; (ROC), after the country was banned because of a massive state-sponsored doping scheme at the Sochi Games in 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

LOVERRO: Where was the sporting world’s righteous outrage during the Beijing Games?

By Thom Loverro

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Pentagon hits China for blaming U.S. for Ukraine invasion

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A boy holds Russian and Chinese flags before a welcoming ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 25, 2016. Three weeks ago, on the eve of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the leaders of China and Russia declared that the friendship between their countries &quot;has no limits.&quot; But that was before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a gambit that will test just how far China is willing to go. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China won’t join Western financial sanctions on Russia over Ukraine

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last week. Mr. Yanukovych's visit is aimed at gaining Chinese support for Ukraine's battered economy. The country's economic malaise has helped fuel ongoing protests in Kiev. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Putin’s war tests China’s nuclear pact with Ukraine

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, right, greets former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Mike Mullen as he arrives at Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. A delegation of former U.S. defense officials landed in Taiwan Tuesday in a sign of stepped-up communication between the sides amid the looming threat from China. (Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs via AP)

Former top U.S. defense officials visit Taiwan amid tensions

By Johnson Lai - Associated Press