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China's President Xi Jinping attends the plenary session during the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 23, 2023. China and Syria will announce the formation of a strategic partnership, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, at the start of a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad in southern China. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP, File)

Leaders of Syria and China announce strategic partnership as part of Asian Games diplomacy

By Ken Mortitsugu - Associated Press

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada wasn't looking to escalate tensions, but asked India on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to take the killing of a Sikh activist seriously after India called accusations that the Indian government may have been involved absurd.(Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada gets muted allied support after alleging India may have been involved in killing of Canadian

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, May 26, 2021. President Bashar Assad will head to China later this week in his first visit to Beijing since the country's conflict started 12 years during which China was one of his main backers, his office said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syrian President Bashar Assad arrives in China on first visit since the beginning of war in Syria

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China's President Xi Jinping arrives at the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP) **FILE**

China purges based on Maoist-Stalinist ideology

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Biden's foreign policy leaves the door open Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden: We don’t contain China or Mexican drug cartels

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, waves to his supporters at a polling station during the Presidential elections in the town of Douma, in the eastern Ghouta region, near the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, May 26, 2021. President Bashar Assad will head to China later this week in his first visit to Beijing since the country's conflict started 12 years during which China was one of his main backers, his office said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Syria’s Assad will visit China as Beijing boosts its reach in the Middle East

By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Dealing with Chinese Trade Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

The folly of Trump and Biden’s trade protectionism

By Peter Morici

Letter to the editor: China must stop aggressive moves

China's President Xi Jinping attends the plenary session during the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Pentagon warns ending strategic ambiguity on Taiwan will trigger a Chinese attack

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, front left, visits the Arnika Bio-Feed Mill in Vladivostok, Russian Far East Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim’s Russia jaunt offers an uncertain mix of substance, theater

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Chinese Communist Party's foreign policy chief Wang Yi waits for the start of a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2023. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met in Malta over the past two days with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the Maltese government said Sunday in a statement. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi heads to Moscow after meeting with U.S. national security adviser

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Vice President Han Zheng shake hands while posing for photos, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, Pool)

Blinken meets Chinese VP as U.S.-China contacts increase ahead of possible summit

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Soldiers pose for group photos with a Taiwan flag after a preparedness enhancement drill simulating the defense against Beijing's military intrusions, ahead of the Lunar New Year in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan on Jan. 11, 2023. Taiwan says 103 Chinese warplanes flew toward the island in new daily high in recent times. Taiwan's Defense Ministry said that it detected the planes in the 24 hours ending at 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Ceng, File)

Taiwan says 103 Chinese warplanes flew toward the island in a new daily high

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Coco Gauff, of the United States, poses for photographs after defeating Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, at the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Four years later, professional tennis resumes in China after WTA ends Peng Shuai boycott

By Keiran Smith - Associated Press

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet lays a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Cambodia's new prime minister, Hun Manet, has arrived in Beijing on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month. He arrived on Thursday and is scheduled to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a visit that demonstrates Cambodia's warm relations with China, its closest political and economic ally. (Yue Yuewei/Xinhua via AP)

China welcomes Cambodian and Zambian leaders as it forges deeper ties with Global South

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

A Chinese flag hangs near a security camera outside of a shop in Beijing on Oct. 8, 2019. China has long been seen by the U.S. as a prolific source of anti-American propaganda but less aggressive in its influence operations than Russia, which has used cyberattacks and covert operations to disrupt U.S. elections and denigrate rivals. But many in Washington now think China is increasingly adopting tactics associated with Russia — and there's growing concern the U.S. isn't doing enough to respond. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Defense Department predicts China could hit U.S. with cyberattack

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this photo taken Saturday, June 2, 2018, a man rides past workers tossing hay outside a church with part of a slogan that reads &quot;Educate the believers with excellent Chinese traditional culture&quot; near the city of Pingdingshan in central China's Henan province. Under President Xi Jinping, China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, believers are seeing their freedoms shrink dramatically even as the country undergoes a religious revival. Experts and activists say that as he consolidates his power, Xi is waging the most severe systematic suppression of Christianity in the country since religious freedom was written into the Chinese constitution in 1982. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

CCP working to ‘re-write the Bible,’ ‘erase Christianity’ as number of Chinese Christians soars

By Marissa Mayer – Higher Ground Contributor

Vehicles carrying DF-17 ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Oct. 1, 2019. China said Friday, April 14, 2023, that it carried out a successful ground-based mid-course missile interception test in an apparent sign of progress in its ability to bring down weapons incoming from space. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Pentagon to build space weapons, new strategy reveals

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on, April 9, 2023. China’s local maritime authorities have issued a warning for possible rocket debris in waters northeast of Taiwan, saying ships would be banned from entering the area on April 16. The announcement comes after China held large-scale military drills that formally ended Monday in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's transit visit last week to the United States. (An Ni/Xinhua via AP, File)

Stepped-up Chinese aerial intercepts may lead to a global crisis, U.S. Pacific command warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen watches a presentation during her visit to a School of Excellence facility in Gandhinagar, India, Sunday, July 16, 2023. The Biden administration plans to increase scrutiny of investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the United States, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen saying Thursday, Sept. 14, that national security is a “foremost priority.” (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)

Yellen details tighter scrutiny of investment plans of foreign-owned companies operating in the U.S.

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press