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In this image made from video released by North Korean broadcaster KRT on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un holds up the Supreme People's Assembly card in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea's parliament convened Kim Jong Un taking the center seat. The Supreme People's Assembly normally meets once or twice a year at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in central Pyongyang. (KRT via AP)

Donald Trump’s Tomahawks thwart China, North Korea

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon, Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Mattis said the campaign against the Islamic State group is still the main focus of the U.S. in Syria and remains on track. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

James Mattis tries to calm the waters as tensions with North Korea escalate

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, an environmental activist shouts slogans while displaying placard and a mock missile during a rally at the Chinese Consulate to protest alleged military build-up by China on the disputed group of islands at the South China Sea, in the financial district of Makati, east of Manila, Philippines. In their statement, the protesters condemned the alleged China's installation of missile system across the disputed Spratlys group of islands and urged the Chinese government that &quot;reefs not rockets should be proliferating in the ecologically-critical waters of the islands.&quot; (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offers to sell disputed islands to China

By L. Todd Wood

Li Ching-yu, center, wife of Taiwanese pro-democracy activist Li Ming-che detained in China, gives a press conference after she was denied boarding the flight to Beijing at the airport counter at Taoyuan international airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Monday, April 10, 2017. Li Ching-yu told reporters that airline staff told her Beijing authorities had canceled her Chinese-issued travel permit when she tried to check in on Monday. Li had hoped to fly to China to demand information about her husband who has not been heard from since March 19. The sign in Chinese says &quot;Release/free Li Ming-che.&quot; (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

China bars wife of detained Taiwanese activist from visiting

By GERRY SHIH and JOHNSON LAI - Associated Press

Illustration on Taiwan's readiness in defense against the communist mainland by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Taiwan security will mean peace throughout Asia

By James A. Lyons and Richard D. Fisher Jr.

FILE - In this March 15, 2017 file photo, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson approaches to participate in the annual joint military exercise called Foal Eagle between South Korea and the United States, at Busan port in Busan, South Korea. The Pentagon says A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group is departing the South China Sea to provide a physical presence near the Korean Peninsula. Its activities in the disputed waterway were considered a message to Beijing about Washington’s determination to maintain its forward presence in the disputed waterway amid challenges from China. Beijing said it was well aware of the activities of the Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and its support ships. (Jo Jung-ho/Yonhap via AP, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

China says navy rescues ship from pirates, omits Indian role

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

In this Monday, April 10, 2017 photo, Amnesty International East Asia Director Nicholas Bequelin, left, and Deputy Director of Global Issues James Lynch hold the copies of reports on the death penalty during a press conference in Hong Kong. Human rights activists say China's use of the death penalty remains shrouded in secrecy and still outpaces the rest of the world combined, even after the nation's execution rate fell sharply in recent years. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Executions in China said to outpace world despite decline

By MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping, joined by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, right, speaks during a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was meeting again with Jinping Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

China may take lead on fighting climate change

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Fragile Rise: Grand Strategy and the Fate of Imperial Germany, 1871-1914’

By Martin Rubin

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was meeting again with his Chinese counterpart Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Airstrikes on Syria might also send message to North Korea

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

The Latest: Xi sightsees, talks trade in Alaska layover

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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was meeting again with his Chinese counterpart Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s unilateralism is the new nationalism

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, joined by Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang, right, speaks during a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was meeting again with his Chinese counterpart Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump meeting with Xi Jinping of China: ‘Tremendous progress’

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

This Jan. 19, 2017 photo provided by the Nassau County Police Dept. shows a booking photo of Chinese comedian Zhou Libo taken in Mineola, N.Y., after his arrest on weapon and drug possession charges. Zhou, 49, a former judge on the &quot;China's Got Talent&quot; television program, has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from his arrest in the village of Lattingtown, N.Y., where police officers stopped the black Mercedes he was driving shortly after midnight because they said he had been driving erratically. (Nassau County Police Dept. via AP)

Popular Chinese comedian faces weapon, drug charges in NY

By FRANK ELTMAN - Associated Press

As President Trump prepares to host his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a reversal has emerged: The U.S. leader is seen as a wild card, skeptical of trade deals. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump, Xi Jinping to meet at Florida summit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Donald Trump meets with Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

This combination of file photos show U.S. President Donald Trump, right, in a meeting at the White House in Washington, on March 31, 2017, and China's President Xi Jinping in a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Dec. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/File)

Donald Trump must press China to do more to stop North Korea nuclear threat, lawmakers say

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March, 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Chuck Schumer insults Donald Trump as ‘98-pound weakling’ on China before Xi Jinping visit

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Illustration on the need for U.S. missile defense systems by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

North Korea nuclear arsenal should drive concern

By James A. Lyons