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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining at the Grand Halls, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

Blinken raises Chinese trade practices in meetings with officials in the financial hub of Shanghai

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, U.S. Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee, left, meets with Taiwan President-elect and Vice President Lai Ching-te in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Kildee and Lisa McClain, secretary-general of the Republican Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives jointly led a cross-party group of lawmakers to visit Taiwan from April 23 to 25 . Members also include Mark Alford, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan’s president-elect appoints new foreign, defense ministers as island faces continued threats

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Maximilian Krah, AfD lead candidate for the European elections, stands in the elevator in the Bundestag after a meeting with the AfD parliamentary group leadership, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Berlin.. One of Krah's employees is suspected of spying for China. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German far-right lawmaker whose assistant was arrested for spying for China keeps up election bid

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Chinese astronauts for the upcoming Shenzhou-18 mission Ye Guangfu, center, Li Guangsu, left, and Li Cong attend a meeting with the press at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

China to send three astronauts to Tiangong space station, part of its ambitious program

By Andy Wong and Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

Workers stand near a sign marking Volkswagen's 40 years (in China) in Beijing, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Foreign automakers have been caught flat-footed in China by an electric vehicle boom that has shaken up the market over the last three years. That has left manufacturers like Volkswagen scrambling to develop new models for a very different market than at home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Volkswagen revamps its approach in China in bid to overtake upstart EV makers

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

A man carries a Free TikTok sign in front of the courthouse where the hush-money trial of Donald Trump got underway April 15, 2024, in New York. The House has passed legislation Saturday, April 20, to ban TikTok in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn't sell its stake, sending it to the Senate as part of a larger package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Israel. House Republicans' decision to add the TikTok bill to the foreign aid package fast-tracked the legislation after it had stalled in the Senate. The aid bill is a priority for President Joe Biden that has broad congressional support. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) **FILE**

China keeps it low-key as TikTok prepares to take fight for survival to U.S. courts

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, from left Mark Alford, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, U.S. Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee, Lisa McClain, secretary-general of the Republican Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives meets with Taiwan President-elect and Vice President Lai Ching-te in Taipei, Taiwan on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. McClain and Kildee jointly led a cross-party group of lawmakers to visit Taiwan from April 23 to 25 . Members also include Mark Alford, a member of the House Armed Services Committee. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

China blasts U.S. military aid to Taiwan, saying the island is entering a ‘dangerous situation’

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on June 19, 2023. Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week. It comes as U.S.-China ties are at a critical point over numerous global disputes. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

PLA gets major information warfare upgrade

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Then-Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David H. Berger testifies during the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of the Navy's budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) **FILE**

Marines getting new amphibious ship designed for critical China mission

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Germany's Maximilian Krah, of the far-right Alternative, calls during a session at the European Parliament, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. A man who works for the prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

A far-right German EU lawmaker’s aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on June 19, 2023. Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week. It comes as U.S.-China ties are at a critical point over numerous global disputes. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), center, poses for photos with the new commander of the rocket force Wang Houbin, top left, and its political commissar Xu Xisheng, top right, after promoting them to the rank of general in Beijing on Monday, July 31, 2023. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Chinese military’s work on marine toxins raising new fears of biological warfare weapons

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - A hostess walks by the national flags of the United States and China ahead of the bilateral meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, at the Guangdong Zhudao Guest House in southern China's Guangdong province, April 6, 2024. Simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for U.S. companies operating in China, according to a report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool, File)

Tensions between Beijing, Washington are the biggest worry for U.S. companies in China, report says

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

The Chinese and the Olympic flag wave during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 4, 2022, in Beijing. In the two years before the World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations, that country’s government contributed nearly $2 million in additional funding to WADA programs, including one designed to strengthen the agency’s investigations and intelligence unit. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, file)

Chinese generosity in lead-up to cleared doping tests reflects its growing influence on WADA

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission, speaks at the Western Pacific Navy Symposium held in Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province on Monday, April 22, 2024. Zhang, China's second-ranking military leader under Xi Jinping, said China committed to solve maritime disputes through dialogue but warned that International law could not be distorted. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese general takes a harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at an international naval gathering

By Ng Han Guan and Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The hunt for COVID-19 origins has gone dark in China. An AP investigation drawing on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents and dozens of interviews found feuding officials and fear of blame ended meaningful Chinese and international efforts to trace the virus almost as soon as they began, despite years of public statements to the contrary. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Toxic: China clamps down on politically charged COVID origin research

By Dave Kang and Maria Cheng - Associated Press

The town sign of Bad Homburg in the Taunus, Germany, Monday April 22, 2024. Three people suspected of spying for China and facilitating the transfer of information on technology with potential military uses were arrested in Germany on Monday. The homes and offices of the suspects, who were arrested in Duesseldorf and in Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt, were searched. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

3 Germans arrested on suspicion of spying for China, transferring info on potential military tech

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The hunt for COVID-19 origins has gone dark in China. An AP investigation drawing on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents and dozens of interviews found feuding officials and fear of blame ended meaningful Chinese and international efforts to trace the virus almost as soon as they began, despite years of public statements to the contrary. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

By Dake Kang and Maria Cheng - Associated Press

A woman casts her vote at a polling station in Male, India, Sunday, April 21, 2024. Maldivians are voting in parliamentary elections, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, whose policies are keenly watched by India and China as they vie for influence in the archipelago nation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan)

Voting begins for Maldives Parliament, watched by India and China vying for control of Indian Ocean

By Mohamed Sharuhan - Associated Press

People walk outside the U.S Capitol building in Washington, June 9, 2022. President Joe Biden goes into Thursday's State of the Union address with an expanded plan to raise corporate taxes. He would use the proceeds to trim budget deficits and cut taxes for the middle class.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

House passes foreign aid package amid threats to oust speaker

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times