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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Frog: A Novel’

By Steven W. Mosher

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim told a Washington forum Tuesday morning that he does not see the proposed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a rival to existing institutions such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, saying the need is far greater than any one institution can meet these days. (Associated Press)

Jim Yong Kim ignores Obama; World Bank boss welcomes new Chinese bank

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Police face off with protesters dressed as green sea turtles during a rally last year in front of the Chinese Consulate at the financial district of Makati city to protest poaching in the South China Sea. Beijing's accelerated land reclamation in recent years has only escalated the friction among claimants. In particular, China's expansion in Johnson and Gaven reefs threatens to wreck rich fishing grounds and valuable coral reefs in the archipelago. (Associated Press)

South China Sea territorial clashes threaten environmental catastrophe

By James Borton - Special to The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks, Monday, April 6, 2015, at the the McCain Institute at Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. The Obama administration is opening a new phase of its strategic "rebalance" toward Asia and the Pacific by investing in high-end weapons such as a new long-range stealth bomber, refreshing its defense alliance with Japan and expanding trade partnerships, Carter said Monday. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Ashton Carter stresses partnerships in Pacific ahead of trip to Japan, South Korea

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday granted pardons to 83 people. An announcement by Brown's office said that each person has been out of state prison for at least 10 years and leads a productive life with no new criminal convictions. Most of them had been convicted of drug and robbery cases. (Associated Press)

California governor pardons 83 people for past crimes

By Scott Smith - Associated Press

Chinese authorities want the return of 17 ethnic Uighurs. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

Inside China: Turkey, China fight over Uighurs detained in Thailand

By Miles Yu

President Barack Obama, left, toasts with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Nov. 12 at a lunch banquet in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. China has become one of the world's largest two economies, and is wealthy enough to buy up at least $1.3 trillion of the U.S. debt. But that hasn't stopped Uncle Sam from continuing to send foreign aid to Beijing. (Associated Press)

China invests in cyberwarfare to compete with U.S. military

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks outside the hotel during a break after a bilateral meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for a new round of Nuclear Talks with Iran, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, March 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Keystone,Jean-Christophe Bott)

Iran says U.S. and allies lack ‘political will’ for final nuclear deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Maj. Eric Geyer, an F-18 Hornet instructor with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, and Capt. Kyle Haire, also an F-18 Hornet instructor with MAWTS-1, top left, and Maj. Clint Webber, the tactical aviation department head for MAWTS-1, bottom right, train in their aircraft during the spring Weapons and Tactics Instructors' Course at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Waterstreet)

Inside the Ring: Marine fighter jet landing on Taiwan sends China message

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office during the President's Daily Economic Briefing on July 30, 2009. (White House)

Efforts to head off China development bank called a failure

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio calls on a reporters during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Veterans angered Japan prime minister will address Congress on World War II emperor’s birthday

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

U.S. manufacturing jobs illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

JOE PISCOPO: Presidential candidates should support U.S. manufacturing

By Joe Piscopo

Chinese President Xi Jinping walks near a guard of honor at a welcome ceremony for Myanmar President Thein Sein in Beijing, China, June 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

China creating ‘great wall of sand’ near disputed islands: U.S. Adm. Harry Harris Jr.

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Secretary of State John F. Kerry (second from left) and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (left) take a walk during a break in talks on Iran's nuclear program in Lausanne, Switzerland. The U.S. and five allies have been meeting with Iranian negotiators for days in a last-ditch try to hammer out the blueprint for a final deal by the end of June. (Associated Press)

Iran talks in overtime as nuclear deal proves elusive

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, left, shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on Monday, March 30, 2015. Lew said he pressed Chinese leaders Monday over proposed curbs on the use of foreign security products by banks and other restrictions on access to China's technology market. (AP Photo/Parker Song, Pool)

U.S. allies rush to join China’s new bank as deadline looms

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

This product image provided by the Ford Motor Co. shows the new Lincoln Continental concept. Thirteen years after the last Continental rolled off a Michigan assembly line, Ford Motor Co. is debuting the new Continental in concept form at the New York Auto Show on Monday, March 30, 2015.The production version goes on sale next year. (AP Photo/Ford Motor Co.)

Lincoln Continental, the car of presidents, is returning

By Dee-Ann Durbin - Associated Press

LED IN: U.S. President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at the International Convention Center in Yanqi Lake, Beijing, China Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (Associated Press)

Australia latest U.S. ally to sign on to new Chinese development bank

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Italian manufacturer Pirelli, chaired by Marco Tronchetti Provera and famous for its tires and curve-baring calendars, will be bought by Chinese rival ChemChina. (Associated Press)

Pirelli latest China acquisition of high-profile Western corporate name

By Christopher White - The Washington Times

AP10ThingsToSee - As the sun rises, Chinese paramilitary policemen watch over Tiananmen Square from a rooftop across from the Great Hall of the People ahead of the closing ceremony of the annual National People's Congress in the hall in Beijing on Sunday, March 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

PETER MORICI: America’s neo-isolationism and the Pacific century

By Peter Morici