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In this handout photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office, Philippine military chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. talks during a conference with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon City, Philippines on Thursday July 4, 2024. Philippine forces would defend themselves with "the same level of force" if they come under assault again from China's coast guard in the disputed South China Sea where Chinese personnel armed with machetes and spears injured Filipino navy men and damaged two of their boats in a chaotic faceoff last month, the Philippine military chief warned Thursday. (Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office via AP)

Philippine military chief warns his forces will fight back if assaulted again in disputed sea

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands as they pose for photos during their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Sergey Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Leaders of Russia, China attend summit of regional security grouping

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Security personnel manned the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, visit by a team from the World Health Organization. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Pentagon can’t account for funding of risky virus research in China

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Coastal Control Division Chief Liao Yun-Hung talks about a fishing boat intercepted by Chinese vessels Tuesday night, during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Taiwan is calling for the release of a fishing boat after it was boarded by China''s coast guard and steered to a port in mainland China on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Chinese seizure of Taiwanese fishing boat seen as part of troubling pattern

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Coastal Control Division Chief Liao Yun-Hung talks about a fishing boat intercepted by Chinese vessels Tuesday night, during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Taiwan is calling for the release of a fishing boat after it was boarded by China''s coast guard and steered to a port in mainland China on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan says it was warned by China to not interfere in the detention of Taiwanese boat crew

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Honor America's 'ironclad commitment' to the Philippines illustration by Alexander Hunter/ The Washington Times

Honor America’s ‘ironclad commitment’ to the Philippines

By Grant Newsham

FILE -Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations addresses members of the U.N. Security Council during a meeting on Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, April 24, 2024 at United Nations headquarters. The United Nations General Assembly adopted a Chinese-sponsored resolution with U.S. support urging wealthy developed nations to close the widening gap with poorer developing countries and ensure that they have equal opportunities to use and benefit from artificial intelligence.Fu Cong told reporters Monday that the two resolutions are complementary, with the U.S. measure being “more general” and the just-adopted one focusing on “capacity building.”(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

U.N. adopts Chinese resolution with U.S. support on closing gap in access to artificial intelligence

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

A group of people, including many from China, walk along the wall after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum, Oct. 24, 2023, near Jacumba, Calif. Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, as the two countries are reestablishing and widening contacts following their leaders' meeting in California late 2023. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

Homeland Security sends flight full of deportees to China; ‘smuggling’ operators returned

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A U.S .155mm Howitzer fires a round during annual combat drills between the Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps in Capas, Tarlac province, northern Philippines, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Truck-mounted launchers blasted off rockets Thursday and U.S. stealth fighter jets streaked across the northern Philippine sky in a combat drill and latest display of American firepower in a region where Washington has tried to deter what it warns as China's growing aggression. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Marine commandant stands by Corps overhaul as best way to meet China challenge

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 is hit by Chinese coast guard water canon blast causing injuries to multiple crew members as they tried to enter the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, in the disputed South China Sea Tuesday, March 5, 2024. China and the Philippines held a crucial meeting Tuesday July 2, 2024 to try to ease escalating tensions following their worst confrontation in the disputed South China Sea that caused injuries to Filipino navy personnel, damaged two military boats and sparked fears of a wider conflict that could involve Manila’s treaty ally the United States. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

China and the Philippines hold crucial talks after chaotic confrontation in disputed South China Sea

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, boards the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier at the South Korean naval base in Busan, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The newly-inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multi-domain maneuvers for the first time. (South Korean Presidential Office/Yonhap via AP, File)

As threats from North Korean and Chinese rise, U.S. looks for defense partnerships with Asian allies

By David Rising - Associated Press

A BYD Seagull electric vehicle, with its hood open, is shown at the Caresoft Global facility on April 3, 2024, in Livonia, Mich. China's BYD last year introduced the Seagull, a small EV that sells for just $12,000 in China. (AP Photo/Mike Householder, File)

Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching U.S. from Mexico poses threat to automakers

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agencym, giant panda Yun Chuan eats at the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Yanan, southwest China's Sichuan Province on April 18, 2024. A pair of giant pandas, Yun Chuan and Xin Bao are on their way from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (Xue Chen/Xinhua via AP)

Pair of giant pandas on their way from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership

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U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns, center, shakes hands with Wu Xinbo, Professor & Dean, Institute of International. Studies, Fudan University as Yuan Ming, Professor, School of International Studies, Peking University, right, looks as they attend the Barnett-Oksenberg Lecture on Sino-American Relations hosted by Amcham Shanghai, at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

U.S. ambassador calls China’s tech support for Russia during Ukraine invasion a ‘major mistake’

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Chinese military personnel head to a field to participate in the Golden Dragon military exercise in Svay Chok village, Kampong Chhnang province, north of Phnom Penh Cambodia, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Cambodia and China on Thursday kicked off their annual Golden Dragon military exercise to strengthen cooperation and exchange military experiences. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Former Navy captain tells Congress of decadeslong U.S. intelligence failures on China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - Workers continue to build rows of solar panels at a Mesquite Solar 1 facility under construction in Arlington, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2011. One of President Joe Biden's signature laws aimed to invigorate renewable energy manufacturing in the U.S. It will also helped a solar panel company reap billions of dollars. Arizona-based First Solar is one of the biggest early winners from the Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act, offering a textbook case of how the inside influence game works in Washington.(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

A signature Biden law aimed to boost renewable energy. It also helped a solar company reap billions

By Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

Matt Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, testifies during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Contain or confront: Former U.S. officials debate right approach to China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

This China National Space Administration (CNSA) handout image released by Xinhua News Agency, shows the lander-ascender combination of Chang'e-6 probe taken by a mini rover after it landed on the moon surface, June 4, 2024. China's Chang'e 6 probe returned on Earth on Tuesday with rock and soil samples from the little-explored far side of the moon in a global first. The probe landed in northern China on Tuesday afternoon in the Inner Mongolian region. (CNSA/Xinhua via AP, File)

In world’s first, China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe brings back samples from dark side of Moon

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided by the U.S. District Attorney shows confiscated drug money. The Justice Department today announced a 10-count superseding indictment charging Los Angeles-based associates of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel with conspiring with money-laundering groups linked to Chinese underground banking to launder drug trafficking proceeds. (U.S. District Attorney via AP)

China quietly uses cartel drug trade to upend American harmony at home

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Michael Phelps, former Olympic athlete, testifies during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing examining Anti-Doping Measures in Advance of the 2024 Olympics, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Olympic champion swimmers tell Congress U.S. athletes have lost faith in anti-doping regulator

By Ben Nuckols - Associated Press