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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 strongly condemns U.S. for sending warship near island

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) fires a Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) during a missile firing exercise. (U.S. Navy photo)

U.S. Navy sends warship near contested South China Sea island, China says ‘very serious provocation’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

A petition drive aimed at giving Nebraska voters the final say on executions is running up against national opposition, led by a $400,000 donation from the Proteus Action League in Amherst, Massachusetts, a liberal nonprofit with ties to progressive billionaire George Soros. (Associated Press)

Inside China: George Soros vs. China

By Miles Yu

Secretary of State John Kerry's trip to Beijing this week was preceded by reports that the administration is pushing behind the scenes on China and other North Asian nations to embrace an aggressive sanctions regime that would even ban all oil exports to North Korea. (Associated Press)

U.S. and China divided on North Korea sanctions

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, shows a photograph of an island that China is building on the Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Ring: Report faults Pentagon’s Asia rebalance

By Bill Gertz

In this image made from undated video released by China Central Television (CCTV), Peter Dahlin, a Swedish co-founder of a human rights group, speaks on camera in an unknown location. (CCTV via AP Video)

China releases, deports Peter Dahlin, a Swede detained over rights group

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 11, 2015, maternity matrons use a doll as they learn to take care of babies during training classes run by Li Ming Maternity Service Company in Beijing, China. Now that China has abandoned its decades-long one-child policy, demand for maternity services is expected to increase as women take advantage of the chance to have a second child. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Why China’s two-child policy won’t alter its human rights horrors

By Matt Hadro - Catholic News Agency

In this Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016 photo, Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen raises her hand as she declares victory in the presidential election, in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, FIle)

Inside China: Taiwan’s referendum on China

By Miles Yu

In this photo taken Monday Jan. 18, 2016, a worker labors on the assembly line of the X5 SUV of Zotye Auto in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province. China's economic growth edged down to 6.8 percent in the final quarter of 2015 as trade and consumer spending weakened, dragging full-year growth to its lowest level in 25 years. (Chinatopix Via AP)

China’s economic growth wanes to 25-year low in 2015

Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping is making overtures to Middle Eastern powers regarding expanded trade. (Associated Press)

China moves to supplant U.S. as key foreign power in Middle East

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen greets supporters from the back of a truck as she parades through the streets of New Taipei City, Taiwan, Friday, Jan. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

Taiwan elects Tsai Ing-wen, 1st female president, rejects pro-China party

By Christopher Bodeen and Ralph Jennings - Associated Press

Tsai Ing-wen is making her second attempt to be the first female president of Taiwan. (Associated Press)

Tsai Ing-wen victory in Taiwan elections would deal fresh rebuke to China

By Luke Hunt - Special to The Washington Times

Inside China: Beijing may join Russia in war against Islamic State

The Washington Times

China is said to be concerned that the Islamic State is moving into western China, specifically Xinjiang province, where Muslim Uighurs in the past have joined Islamist terrorist groups. (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Ring: China may join Russia in war against Islamic State

By Bill Gertz

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after their press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Matt Salmon, House Republican, questions China’s commitment to cybersecurity pact

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Ford sells 1.1M vehicles in China in 2015, sets new record

Associated Press

In this Dec. 31, 2015, file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, front left, gives a military flag to Wei Fenghe, front center, commander of the Rocket Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), and Wang Jiasheng, front right, political commissar of the Rocket Force, in Beijing. China has created three new military bodies as part of reforms to modernize its military — the world's largest standing force — and improve its fighting capacity. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

China flies 2 commercial jets to man-made island

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Some argue that Kim Jong-un's appetite for defying the international community is far greater than anything his father showed while presiding over Pyongyang's opaque dictatorship from the mid-1990s until his death in 2011. (Associated Press)

Kim Jong-un hydrogen bomb claim underscores North Korean leader’s volatility

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard outside the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. North Korea said it conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test Wednesday, a defiant and surprising move that, if confirmed, would be a huge jump in Pyongyang's quest to improve its still-limited nuclear arsenal. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

North Korea’s bomb test further imperils relations with China

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

In this Oct. 1, 2015, file photo, family members of sailors wave as the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan arrives at a U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan south of Tokyo. The U.S. Pacific Fleet is smaller than it was in the 1990s, helping fuel a debate about whether the U.S. has enough ships to meet challenges posed by fast-growing and increasingly assertive Chinese naval forces. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

U.S. Pacific Fleet shrinks even as China grows more aggressive

By Audrey McAvoy - Associated Press