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A Pakistani navy member stands guard while a loaded Chinese ship prepares to depart Gwadar Port. A study says the massive Chinese infrastructure program called One Belt One Road that Beijing says is aimed at promoting global trade and economic growth is actually intended to expand the country's political influence and military presence. (Associated Press/File)

China military ambitions seen in One Belt One Road

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

John Rood, undersecretary of defense for policy, told a security conference in Colorado last week that space is increasingly contested by adversaries that could cripple the United States in attacks on satellites. (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Ring: Missile threats increasing, Pentagon says

By Bill Gertz

This Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 file photo shows sorghum at a farm in Waukomis, Okla. American sorghum farmers fear they will lose their largest export market if China follows through with a tariff on their crop. China imposed preliminary anti-dumping tariffs of 178.6 percent on U.S. sorghum in mid-April 2018 as part of its ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

US sorghum growers fear China tariffs could cost them dearly

By JOSH FUNK - Associated Press

76ers, Mavericks to play 2 preseason games in China

Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2017, file photo, visitors to the stands of GM brands Chevrolet and Buick seat near a section promoting electric power during Auto Shanghai 2017 show at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, China. China has announced plans to allow full foreign ownership of automakers in five years, ending restrictions that have strained relations with Washington and other trading partners. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Amid trade rift, China to allow full foreign auto ownership

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Trump slams China, Russia for devaluing their currencies

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this May 2014, photo released by Ben Cao, Rev. John Sanqiang Cao breaks a ground on a new school in Wa State, Myanmar. The prominent Chinese pastor who has been detained by Chinese authorities since March 5, 2017 was sentenced in March 2018 to seven years in prison for &quot;organizing others to illegally cross the border.&quot; (Ben Cao via AP)

AP Exclusive: Jailed Chinese pastor’s US family seeks mercy

By YANAN WANG - Associated Press

Illustration on the hazards of being a Chinese-language reporter with VOA by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How working as a Chinese-language reporter holds particular peril for natives of communist China

By Sasha Gong

FILE - In this March 29, 2018, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi has promised to cut China's auto import tariffs and ease restrictions on foreign ownership in its auto industry amid an escalating tariff spat with Washington, in a speech Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at a business conference. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China is vulnerable

By L. Todd Wood

Illustration on a U.S. China trade deal by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Cutting a deal with China

By Peter Morici

China's President Xi Jinping prepares to deliver his opening speech at the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference in Boao in south China's Hainan province, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. Xi promised to cut auto import taxes, open China's markets further and improve conditions for foreign companies in a speech Tuesday that called for international cooperation against a backdrop of a spiraling dispute with Washington over trade and technology. (Naohiko Hatta/Kyodo News via AP)

China denies Xi Jinping comments aimed at settling U.S. dispute

Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with governors and lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, April 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump orders aides to pursue reopening of Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

China to host French league’s Champions Trophy

Associated Press

In this April 12, 2018 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea. China has announced live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan. The announcement by authorities in the coastal province of Fujian on Thursday was accompanied by a statement that the navy was ending a three-day exercise in the South China one day early. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

China plans Taiwan Strait live-fire exercises amid tensions

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 23, 2017 file photo, a college student carries his robot dressed like the Chinese mythical Monkey King character for a competition during the World Robot Conference at the Yichuang International Conference and Exhibition Centre in Beijing, China. U.S. officials have a name for their frustration with Beijing’s technology ambitions: ‘Made in China 2025.’ President Donald Trump’s government says China’s plan to create global competitors in fields from information technology to electric cars to pharmaceuticals is an example of policies that prompted Trump’s threat to hike tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods. They say China’s tactics include improperly subsidizing local and pressuring foreign competitors to hand over technology.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Made in China 2025 plan irking Beijing’s trading partners

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 22, 2018 file photo shows writer/director Chloe Zhao posing for a portrait to promote her film &quot;The Rider&quot; during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Zhao's film, set on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, is cast with nonprofessional actors playing characters similar to themselves, and stars Brady Jandreau as an injured rodeo rider. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)

In Chloe Zhao’s ‘The Rider,’ a rodeo cowboy plays himself

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 14, 2017, file photo, employees do assembly and quality control work on automobiles at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Ala. If a trade spat between the U.S. and China escalates and both countries raise tariffs, American automakers won’t suffer that much. But German luxury automakers BMW and Mercedes will. Mercedes ships up to 75,000 more from Tuscaloosa County. (Gary Cosby Jr./The Tuscaloosa News via AP, File)

In US-China tariff fight, German autos are unlikely victims

By TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

China defends South China Sea military buildup

Associated Press

Rear Admiral Steve Koehler, commander CSG-9 of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, briefs top Philippine generals Tuesday, April 10,2018 in international waters off South China Sea. The aircraft carrier CVN-71 is sailing through the disputed South China Sea in the latest display of America's military might after China built a string of islands with military facilities in the strategic sea it claims almost in its entirety. (AP Photo/Jim Gomez)

US carrier sails in disputed sea as China shows own force

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

A US Navy crewman monitors on the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt, Tuesday, April 10,2018, in international waters off South China Sea. The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is sailing through the disputed South China Sea in the latest display of America's military might after China built a string of islands with military facilities in the strategic sea it claims almost in its entirety. (AP Photo/Jim Gomez)

USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier sails through South China Sea

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press