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FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2013 file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, is anchored in the northern port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. Taiwan's defense ministry said China's sole aircraft carrier on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 was transiting the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions between the mainland and self-governing island it claims as its own territory. (Wu Dengfeng/Xinhua via AP, File)

Taipei: Chinese aircraft carrier transiting Taiwan Strait

Associated Press

The GAC Motors GS7 is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Monday, Jan. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

China’s GAC could sell SUV in US for small-car price by 2019

By TOM KRISHER AND COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas gestures while speaking at the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention, in Washington, Friday, Nov. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

China warns after Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen

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A woman wears a mask as she walks past a construction site as smog continues to choke Beijing on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. The official Xinhua News Agency reported this week that the environmental ministry had given out punishments after finding that more than 500 construction sites and enterprises, including metallurgy, agricultural chemical and steel plants, and 10,000 vehicles had breached pollution response plans. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Choked by smog, Beijing creates new environmental police

By NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

Adjustable Tax, AMerica Working Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The case for a border adjustable tax system

By Stephen Moore

FILE - In this undated file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, China's aircraft carrier Liaoning berths in a port of China. China says it was routine combat drills, yet the deployment of the aircraft carrier Liaoning’s battle group in the Western Pacific and into the South China Sea has made neighbors jittery about Beijing’s flexing its muscles. (Li Tang/Xinhua via AP, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By HRVOJE HRANJSKI - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2014, file photo, lobsters are processed at the Sea Hag Seafood plant in St. George, Maine. Lobster lovers are shelling out even more in January 2017 for the cherished crustaceans because of a lack of catch off of New England and Canada and heavy exports to China. It has become increasingly popular to celebrate the Chinese New Year holiday with lobster, which falls on Jan. 28 this yeare. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Lobster prices high as catch drops and China imports climb

By PATRICK WHITTLE - Associated Press

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech before traveling to visit Central American allies including a U.S. transit, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, at the Taoyuan International Airport in Taouyuan, Taiwan. Tsai pledged to bolster Taiwan's presence on the international stage on her visit four Central American allies on a trip that includes U.S. transits and looks set to raise China's ire. (Central News Agency via AP)

Taiwan leader heads to Americas; US stops set to irk China

By GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press

In this Aug. 9, 2016, file photo, a bag of 4-fluoro isobutyryl fentanyl which was seized in a drug raid is displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

DEA opens shop in China to help fight synthetic drug trade

By ERIKA KINETZ - Associated Press

Turkish special security force members patrol near the scene of the Reina night club following the New Year's day attack, in Istanbul, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Turkey has identified the gunman in the Istanbul nightclub massacre, the foreign minister said Wednesday as the president vowed that the country won't surrender to terrorists or become divided. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish anti-terror police conduct more raids in club probe

By Dusan Stojanovic - Associated Press

A pedestrian wearing a mask looks back while passing by a slogan that reads: &quot;If you want to go out, please take a public bus&quot; in Beijing Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Beijing and other cities across northern and central China were shrouded in thick smog Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, prompting authorities to delay dozens of flights and close highways. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China says some factories have violated anti-smog measures

Associated Press

Correction: China-South China Sea story

Associated Press

FILE — In this Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech at the Philippine Economic Forum in Tokyo. Duterte, who has lashed out at U.S. President Barack Obama for criticizing his deadly crackdown on drugs, said his ties with the United States are likely to improve under Donald Trump, but that he is also excited to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin at an upcoming Asia-Pacific summit. Duterte made upbeat remarks about both the president-elect and Putin at a news conference late Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 in Manila. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Donald Trump, Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte seek connection as China looms

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

China starts 2017 engulfed by smog, issues pollution alerts

Associated Press

China state broadcaster rebrands in international push

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 file photo of English referee Mark Clattenburg during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Southampton at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England. In the hours and days after blowing the final whistle, Mark Clattenburg endures hidden anguish as the decisions made during 90 minutes of refereeing whirl through his mind.(AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

Referee Mark Clattenburg would consider offer from China

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

This combination of two 2016 file photos shows, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, left, talking with President Barack Obama at White House in Washington, U.S.A. on Nov. 10, and China's President Xi Jinping arriving at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, on Nov. 22. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Luis Hidalgo, Files) **FILE**

What it means if Donald Trump names China a currency manipulator

By Paul Wiseman - Associated Press

Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada visits Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s defense minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Japan's Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, front right, visits Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese war dead, in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. (Yosuke Mizuno/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan’s defense minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press

Illustration on the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Remembering the ‘Chinese Spring’

By Thomas Ward