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A staff member stands near a sign outlining COVID-19 protection measures during the Experience Beijing Ice Hockey Domestic Test Activity, a test event for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, on Nov. 10, 2021. The prevention protocols will be similar to those at the Tokyo Games this summer, but tighter. It won't be a stretch for Beijing organizers, with China having maintained its zero-tolerance policy to the virus nationally since early in the pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) **FILE**

Clap, don’t chant: China aims for ‘Zero COVID’ Olympics

By Candice Choi - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to help protect against the coronavirus look at a display of the Winter Paralympic mascot Shuey Rhon Rhon, left, and Winter Olympic mascot Bing Dwen Dwen near the Olympic Green in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. Just weeks before hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics, China is battling multiple coronavirus outbreaks in half a dozen cities, with the one closest to the capital driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Beijing Olympics

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

U.S.-China rivalry plays out in remote Thai town

By Richard S. Ehrlich - Special to The Washington Times

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during the daily briefing in Beijing, June 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng, File)

China defends sweeping maritime claims after U.S. criticism

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China's Hypersonic Military Challenge Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Meeting China’s hypersonic challenge

By Daniel N. Hoffman

Iranian demonstrators burn representations of the U.S. flag during a protest in front of the former U.S. Embassy in response to President Donald Trump's decision Tuesday to pull out of the nuclear deal and renew sanctions, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Iran and world powers resume talks in Vienna this week of Nov. 28, 2021, aimed at restoring the nuclear deal that crumbled after the U.S. pulled out three years ago. There are major doubts over whether the deal can be reinstated after years of mounting distrust. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

How to counter Iran’s growing ties to China

By James Phillips

In this file photo, security personnel gather near the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

COVID virus made in Chinese lab as bat vaccine, Marine researcher says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A worker labors to assemble the Olympic Rings onto of a tower on the outskirts of Beijing, China on Jan. 5, 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics are fraught with potential hazards for major sponsors, who are trying to remain quiet about China's human rights record while protecting at least $1 billion they've paid to the IOC. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File) **FILE**

IOC major sponsors mostly muted in runup to Beijing Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

American Airlines passenger jets prepare for departure, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, near a terminal at Boston Logan International Airport, in Boston. American Airlines says it earned $169 million in the third quarter, but the delta variant of COVID-19 slowed down its recovery from the pandemic. The third-quarter profit was possible because American got nearly $1 billion in pandemic relief from the federal government. American said Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, that revenue in the fourth quarter will be down 20% compared with the same period in 2019. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

U.S. airlines say China is forcing them to cancel flights

By David Koenig - Associated Press

People walk past a shop with windows broken during clashes in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. Kazakhstan's health ministry says over 150 people have been killed in protests that have rocked the country over the past week. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's office said Sunday that order has stabilized in the country and that authorities have regained control of administrative buildings that were occupied by protesters, some of which were set on fire. (Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

China-led Central Asian alliance set to intervene in Kazakhstan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this file photo, former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Pence calls on Washington to confront Chinese aggression on world stage

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Kazakhstan's soldiers control the road in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. Kazakhstan's president authorized security forces on Friday to shoot to kill those participating in unrest, opening the door for a dramatic escalation in a crackdown on anti-government protests that have turned violent. The Central Asian nation this week experienced its worst street protests since gaining independence from the Soviet Union three decades ago, and dozens have been killed in the tumult.(Vladimir Tretyakov/NUR.KZ via AP)

China, Russia both seize opening to score points in Kazakh crisis

By Bill Gertz and Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Chinese paramilitary police wear face masks as they stand guard beneath the large portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Gate adjacent to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Convicted Chinese scientist was recruited by Beijing’s ‘Talents’ program

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - A Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021. China has recommitted itself to completing its orbiting space station by the end of the year and says it is planning more than 40 launches for 2022, putting it roughly level with the United States. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China plans space station completion, many launches in 2022

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Illustration on China and the source of COVID-19 by Lias Garsys/The Washington Times

The Lancet chides Wuhan defender Daszak

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The closed Lithuanian Embassy is seen in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. China lashed out at the U.S. Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, over Washington's support for the tiny European nation of Lithuania in its feud with Beijing over relations with Taiwan. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China lashes out at US over support for Lithuania

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping tours the National Speed Skating Oval, a competition venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Competition for the Winter Olympics is scheduled to begin on Feb. 4. (Shen Hong/Xinhua via AP)

IOC assures teams Winter Olympics in Beijing will go ahead

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a worker wearing protective gear gives a COVID-19 test to a woman at a testing site in Xi'an in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. China is reporting a major drop in local COVID-19 infections in the northern city of Xi'an, which has been under a tight lockdown for the past two weeks. (Tao Ming/Xinhua via AP)

China reports major drop in virus cases in locked-down Xi’an

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Visitors wearing masks look at the ARM-structure server processor Yitian 710, developed by Alibaba's in-house semiconductor unit T-Head, at the Apsara Conference, an annual cloud service technology forum hosted by Alibaba Group, in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Oct. 19, 2021. To help make China a self-reliant &quot;technology superpower,&quot; the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world's biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its own processor chips, a business unlike anything Alibaba Group has done before. (Chinatopix via AP) **FILE**

China wins data wars unless American businesses, universities team with U.S. gov’t: Pentagon officer

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian gestures as he speaks during a daily briefing at his ministry in Beijing, Feb. 24, 2020. Taiwan says it's creating an investment fund and planning other measures to help Lithuania as it faces major economic pressure from China for allowing the island to open a representative office in the European Union country. Taiwanese officials said Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2021 that the $200 million fund would help key Lithuanian industries. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian has called it “false news” that Beijing has blocked Lithuanian imports or pressured multinational companies that do business with the EU country. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file) **FILE**

Taiwan pledges to invest in Lithuania, defying opposition from China

By Liudas Dapkus - Associated Press