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China’s first large homemade passenger jet to fly in 2017

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Chinese President Xi Jinping stands during a gift handover ceremony at the at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (Denis Balibouse/ Pool via AP) ** FILE **

China seeks to show Pope Francis, world its organ transplant program reforms

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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017 file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis answers questions during the joint press conference with Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo. On his first trip to Asia as secretary of defense, Mattis ruled out a military response to China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea but promised to continue with freedom of navigation operations to oppose Beijing’s occupation of disputed islands. &quot;At this time, we do not see any need for dramatic military moves at all,&quot; Mattis told reporters in Tokyo, emphasizing the need for diplomacy. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By HRVOJE HRANJSKI - Associated Press

Chinese company giving $300K for Iowa study abroad program

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Retired Houston Rockets center Yao Ming speaks to the media before an NBA basketball game between the Houston Rockets and Chicago Bulls, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, in Houston. Ming's jersey number will be retired during a halftime ceremony Friday night. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith)

Rockets retiring Yao Ming’s No. 11 jersey

By JORDAN GODWIN - Associated Press

White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily press briefing, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump hits Iran with new sanctions for missile test

By VIVIAN SALAMA and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, smiles while speaking to Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, unseen, at the start of their meeting at Defense Ministry in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. Mattis on Friday reassured two key U.S. treaty allies, South Korea and Japan, that President Donald Trump, who has raised doubts about the value of such partnerships, is fully committed to defending them. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP)

China criticizes Mattis’ remarks on East China Sea island

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Virginia search continues for red panda, absconder of zoos

By BEN FINLEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. The new U.S. administration is heating up rhetoric over the South China Sea with a promise to challenge China’s occupation of disputed islands. Beijing is responding cautiously , appealing for calm and direct negotiations involving claimants. Spicer said “the U.S. is going to make sure that we protect our interests there.” His comments came just weeks after President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, caused some consternation when he told his Senate confirmation hearing that the U.S. should deny China access to its seven man-made islands. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By HRVOJE HRANJSKI - Associated Press

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Russian naval ship arrives in port in Zhanjiang in southern China's Guangdong Province, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016. The Chinese and Russian navies launched eight days of war games in the South China Sea on Monday, in a sign of growing cooperation between their armed forces against the backdrop of regional territorial disputes. (Zha Chunming/Xinhua via AP)

U.S. impending war with China

By Bruce Fein

China's Wu Yibing plays a forehand return to Israel's Yshai Oliel during their junior boys' singles semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

China hopes teenager could become first male tennis star

By JUSTIN BERGMAN - Associated Press

Group says South African donkeys killed for China market

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2016 file photo, TV screens show file footage of a North Korea's ballistic missile that North Korea claimed to have launched from underwater, at the Yongsan Electronic store in Seoul, South Korea. China has released a new list of items banned for export to North Korea, following a new round of United Nations sanctions and complaints from President Donald Trump that Beijing was not doing enough to pressure its communist neighbor. A statement from the Commerce Ministry late Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, said the items included dual-use technologies that could aid the North's programs to develop nuclear, chemical and biological weapons as well as the missiles to deliver them. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

China releases new list of items banned for export to NKorea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

China releases new list of items banned for export to NKorea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

As the Chinese protects claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea, the Trump administration will "send a clear signal that, first, the island-building stops and, second, [China's] access to those islands also is not going to be allowed," secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson said. (Associated Press)

Trump’s change of course in Asia challenges China, Obama’s pivot

By Guy Taylor and Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

North Korean defector and former spy Kang Myong-do has said hundreds of the regime's spies are operating in the U.S. at any given time. (CNN/File)

North Korean spies extend abuses overseas

By Bill Gertz

This image provided by the U.S. Navy, taken Oct. 17, 2016, shows the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur, right, pulling into position behind the Military Sealift Command USNS Matthew Perry, during a replenishment-at-sea, seen from the bridge of the guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance, in the South China Sea. The Defense Department says a U.S. Navy warship has conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea, where China and five other countries have competing territorial claims. A department spokesman, Navy Cmdr. Gary Ross, said the destroyer ship USS Decatur conducted the transit operation Friday, Oct. 21, 2016, near the Paracel Islands. (U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 2nd Class Will Gaskill via AP)

China warns U.S. against ‘undermining’ stability in South China Sea

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

China’s birthrate rises after one-child policy loosened

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In this Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016 photo, Japan's Hideki Matsuyama hits the ball from the fairway of the 18th hole during the 2016 WGC-HSBC Champions golf tournament at the Sheshan International Golf Club in Shanghai, China. China's state-run Xinhua News Agency said Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 that the country has launched a renewed crackdown on golf, closing 111 courses in an effort to conserve water and land, and telling members of the ruling Communist Party to stay off the links. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China swings back at golf, shutting down 111 courses

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Donald Trump’s 45 percent tariff on China

By Peter Morici