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Illustration on China's relationship with a nuclear North Korea by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Kim Jong-un visit to Beijing could restart Korean denuclearization

By Joseph R. Detrani

FILE - In this March 23, 2016, file photo, an aerial view is seen from a military plane carrying international journalists of the Taiwan-controlled Taiping island, also known as Itu Aba, in the Spratly archipelago, roughly 1600 kms. (1000 miles) in the South China Sea of southern Taiwan. Tensions in the South China Sea are rising, pitting China against smaller and weaker neighbors who all lay claim to a string of isles, coral reefs and lagoons, rich in fish and potential gas and oil reserves. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai, File)

China’s imperialism on the South China Sea

By James A. Lyons

Illustration for China's influence in U.S. movie productions by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RICHARD BERMAN: U.S. filmmakers self-censoring for China’s market

By Richard Berman

Tensions in the South China Sea are rising, pitting China against smaller and weaker neighbors that all lay claim to a string of isles, coral reefs and lagoons, rich in fish and potential gas and oil reserves. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. ‘dangerously’ miscalculating China’s military goals and capabilities

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha delivers the keynote address at the Opening Dinner of the 15th International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-la Dialogue, or IISS, Asia Security Summit on Friday, June 3, 2016, in Singapore. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

U.S. Pentagon chief proposes Asia-Pacific ‘security network’

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

Soldiers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy watch as the USS Blue Ridge arrives at a port in Shanghai, Friday, May 6, 2016. The commander of the U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet has dismissed the cancellation of a planned port visit to Hong Kong by an American aircraft carrier as a minor hurdle in relations between the two militaries. (AP Photo)

China says it will ignore South China Sea arbitration decision

By L. Todd Wood - The Washington Times

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers remarks at a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this Oct. 10, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File) **FILE**

North Korea heaps praise on ‘wise’ Donald Trump

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, May 27, 2016 file photo, U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter delivers remarks during the U.S. Naval Academy's graduation and commissioning ceremony in Annapolis, Md. China on Monday, May 30, lashed out at criticism from Carter, accusing him of harboring a Cold War mentality and saying Beijing has no interest in &quot;playing a role in a Hollywood movie&quot; of Washington's design. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

China lashes out at U.S. defense secretary criticisms

Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife, Lucy, to Beijing in April. The delicate relationship between their countries is about to change. (Associated Press)

Australia, long tied to China by ‘fear and greed,’ boosts defense amid increased skepticism

By Luke Hunt - Special to The Washington Times

President Obama waves Tuesday as he leaves the stage after speaking at the National Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Associated Press)

Rodrigo Duterte, Tsai Ing-wen wins in Philippines, Taiwan may trigger U.S.-China friction

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

$New Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, left, and Vice President Chen Chien-jen wave during their inauguration ceremonies in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, May 20, 2016. Taiwan inaugurated Tsai as its first female president on Friday, returning the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party to power amid new concerns over increasingly fractious relations with Beijing and a flagging economy. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)$

Tsai Ing-wen, new Taiwan president, omits one-China principle in speech

By Johnson Lai and Ralph Jennings - Associated Press

In this photo gtaken Juky 7, 2015, President Barack Obama meets with Vietnamese Communist party secretary general Nguyen Phu Trong in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama could lift an embargo on arms sales when he makes his first visit to Vietnam next week. That would remove a final vestige of wartime animosity but would not please China which views growing U.S. defense ties in its backyard with deep suspicion as tensions rise in the disputed South China Sea. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

U.S. could lift arms embargo on Vietnam amid China tensions

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON - Associated Press

Illustration on increasing Chinese control of film distribution in American markets by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RICHARD BERMAN: China buying control of U.S. entertainment, media

By Richard Berman

Vendors wait for customers at a curio market near a display of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong alongside images of emperors and deities in Beijing, China, Monday, May 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China barely notes start of Cultural Revolution 50 years ago

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's pugnacious proclamations on foreign policy — including NATO, nuclear proliferation and a border wall with Mexico — have sparked reactions ranging from curiosity to outrage among U.S. allies. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump inspires outrage, amusement, respect among U.S. rivals Iran, Russia, China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 4, 2010, file photo, the USS Curtis Wilbur arrives at a naval base in Busan, South Korea, for South Korea-U.S. joint drills. China strongly condemned the United States after the missile destroyer deliberately sailed near one of the Beijing-controlled islands in the hotly contested South China Sea to exercise freedom of navigation and challenge China's vast territorial claims. (Jo Jong-ho/Yonhap via AP) KOREA OUT

China says U.S. report hypes up its so-called military threat

Associated Press

In image made from pool video, Queen Elizabeth II speaks with Metropolitan Police Commander Lucy D'Orsi in the garden of Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Subtitles as appears on source video. (Image from Pool Video via AP Video)

Queen Elizabeth II: Chinese officials were ‘very rude’

By Danica Kirka and Gregory Katz - Associated Press

FILE: Fighter jets fly over U.S. destroyer in this Navy file photo.

U.S. warships, Chinese fighters in tense showdown on South China Sea

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times