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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation - Joint Press Conference at the Great Hall of the People Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP)

Xi Jinping, China’s president, to skip North Korea celebrations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Tariff fight adds to China’s economic challenges

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

African delegates walk by a screen panel showing a footage of Chinese President Xi Jinping with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. African leaders will likely press their Chinese hosts at a conference this week to help narrow their trade deficits with Beijing by shifting more manufacturing to their continent, the chief executive of the biggest African bank said. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s Xi pledges $60 billion in financing for Africa

Associated Press

In the Sept. 1, 2018 photo, Japan's helicopter carrier J JS Kaga stops at Subic port in Zambales province, the Philippines. The Japanese navy’s largest ship has joined up with the USS Ronald Regan aircraft carrier strike group for joint exercises in the South China Sea, the latest sign of Japan’s increased presence in the region on which it depends for much of its foreign trade. Joined by two guided missile destroyers, JS Kaga is on a southern cruise that includes port calls in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. (Kyodo News via AP)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPOHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine Navy ship BRP Gregorio del Pilar is seen after it ran aground during a routine patrol in the vicinity of Half Moon Shoal, which is called Hasa Hasa in the Philippines, off the disputed Spratlys Group of islands in the South China Sea. Two Philippine security officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, that tugboats were used to pull the BRP Gregorio del Pilar from the shallow fringes of Half Moon Shoal before midnight. The frigate ran aground during a routine patrol Wednesday night, damaging some of its propellers. It's more than 100 crewmen were unhurt. (Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP, File)

Philippines extricates warship from South China Sea shoal

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this Aug. 27, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump listens during a phone call with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto about a trade agreement between the United States and Mexico, in the Oval Office of the White House. Trump is making trade policy the connective tissue that ties together his “America First” foreign policy and his political strategy for the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump sees mixing trade, foreign policy as good politics

By Ken Thomas - Associated Press

President of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi, left, and Australia's Treasurer Scott Morrison chat during the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Chengdu in Southwestern China's Sichuan province, Sunday, July 24, 2016. Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the 20 most developed economies met in the southwestern city of Chengdu ahead of a G20 leaders meeting in September hosted by China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, Pool)

Scott Morrison canceled Huawei deal hits China expanding Australia influence

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken between May 7 and 8, 2018, released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, speaks to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Dalian in northeastern China's Liaoning Province. As North Korea celebrates the 70th anniversary of its founding on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, the presence - or absence - of Xi could highlight just how much vitality has been restored to ties between Pyongyang and its most powerful backer after a prolonged chill. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP, File)

China’s leader Xi looms large over North Korean anniversary

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard are seen during the welcoming ceremony for Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, at the Great Hall of the People Saturday, Sept. 1, 2018. (Nicolas Asfouri/Pool Photo via AP)

China-Africa trade deficit prominent at conference

Associated Press

Japan’s Aso, Chinese officials endorse global trade system

Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE FRIDAY, AUG. 31, 2018, AT 3:01 A.M. EDT AND THEREAFTER - In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, photo trucks travel along a loading dock at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, Calif. Between them, the California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach account for a large amount of the seaborne goods that the United States imports from China, and the prospect of a widening trade war between the global giants has port executives and longshoremen worried. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Tariffs stirring fear at many US points of entry for imports

By DAVID KOENIG - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Philippine Navy ship BRP Gregorio del Pilar is seen after it ran aground during a routine patrol Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, in the vicinity of Half Moon Shoal, which is called Hasa Hasa in the Philippines, off the disputed Spratlys Group of islands in the South China Sea, adding that its crew was unhurt, the military said. Two officials say Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, the Philippines has notified China about a Philippine navy frigate that ran aground in the South China Sea to avoid any misunderstanding because the incident happened near a hotly disputed region. The barren shoal is on the eastern edge of the disputed Spratly archipelago. (Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP)

Philippines informs China of grounded frigate amid sea feud

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

In this Saturday Aug. 25, 2018 photo, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Sebastian Coe waits at the medal ceremony for the men's marathon during the athletics competition at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Coe says China and Japan are the two most improved countries in athletics over the last six or seven years.(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Ready, set, go. Coe expects Asian track and field to boom

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Combined Koreas basketball team to play for Asian Games gold

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China claims Donald Trump ‘distorting the facts’ on North Korea influence

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this July 10, 2009, file photo, Chinese paramilitary police practice during a break from patrol in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province. A group of U.S. lawmakers has urged the Trump administration to impose sanctions including asset freezes and visa bans on Chinese officials and companies allegedly tied to a stifling security crackdown and the mass internment of ethnic minority Muslims in camps in a far western region. The lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin urging the government to apply sanctions to address the &quot;ongoing human rights crisis&quot; in the region of Xinjiang, in the latest sign that the detentions are raising concerns among Western leaders and governments. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China rejects US lawmakers’ sanctions call over Muslim camps

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Japan protests to China over banning of reporter

Associated Press

In this July 18, 2012, file photo, wheat harvest is in full swing near Patterson, Wash. The trade war with China is making life difficult for many farmers across Washington state. Washington State stands to lose $480 million in agricultural exports to China because of retaliatory tariffs, according to the state Department of Agriculture. (Paul T. Erickson/The Tri-City Herald via AP, File)

Trade war with China tough on Washington farmers

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

Washington farmers hurting from trade war

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner for evangelical leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump says China hacked Hillary Clinton’s email server

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times