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A customs officer stands guard in front of confiscated ivory before destruction in Dongguan, China. Fueled by growing numbers of middle-class consumers in China, global ivory prices have soared and helped spark the ivory-motivated killings of 100,000 elephants between 2010 and 2012. (Associated Press)

Illegal ivory trade ‘out of control’

By David Daniels - The Washington Times

Poland's prime minister Ewa Kopacz said revelations of CIA torture could harm her country's relations with the U.S. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

China: Torture report undercuts U.S. on rights

By David R. Sands and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., listens to witnesses testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014, during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on federal programs that equip state and local police with military equipment. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Claire McCaskill on CIA torture report: ‘Gut check time for our democracy’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Six countries produce nearly 60 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. China and the United States combine for more than two-fifths. The planet’s future will be shaped by what these top carbon polluters do about the heat-trapping gases blamed for global warming. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

A handful of countries contributes most to climate

By Dina Cappiello - Associated Press

An Indian man burns garbage by the side of a road in Mumbai, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. India says it is taking bold steps against climate change with plans for a five-fold increase in renewable energy capacity. However, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the country won't act to curb carbon emissions because it first must pursue economic growth to eradicate poverty. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

India plans 5-fold increase in clean energy

By Katy Daigle - Associated Press

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy hospital ship Peace Ark. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

Inside China: Money dispute with Kiev threatens future Chinese arms buys

By Miles Yu

FILE - In this May 21, 2014 file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, is greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping before the opening ceremony at the fourth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) summit in Shanghai, China. Angry with the West's response over Ukraine, Russia is moving rapidly to bolster ties with North Korea in a diplomatic nose-thumbing that could complicate the U.S.-led effort to squeeze Pyongyang into giving up its nuclear weapons program. Russia's proactive strategy in Asia- which also involves cozying up to China and had been dubbed &quot;Putin's Pivot&quot; - began years ago as Moscow's answer to Washington's much touted rebalancing of its military forces in the Pacific. (AP Photo/Mark Ralston, Pool, File)

JAMES LYONS AND RICHARD FISHER: China, Russia build military alliance as U.S. strategy weakens

By James A. Lyons Jr. and Richard D. Fisher Jr.

Computer users sit near a display with a message from the Chinese police on the proper use of the Internet at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China, in this Aug. 19, 2013, file photo. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Inside the Ring: China: A cyberwarring state

By Bill Gertz

A Chinese navy nuclear-missile submarine at the Qingdao base in eastern China. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

China’s fleet will outnumber U.S. by 2020: report

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks to leading CEOs to discuss ways to promote the economy and create jobs during his last two years in office, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at the Business Roundtable Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama praises Chinese President Xi Jinping, infrastructure

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks to leading CEOs to discuss ways to promote the economy and create jobs during his last two years in office, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at the Business Roundtable Headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama says there’s too much government red tape

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A staff of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party walks past a poster of candidate list with empty data at the headquarter in Taipei, Taiwan, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. In preliminary results, Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party lost eight city and county elections Saturday, a stronger than expected jolt for the president who has staked his reputation on stronger ties with old foe Beijing despite increasing contempt at home. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan’s pro-China ruling Nationalist Party dealt setback in local polls

By Ralph Jennings - Associated Press

President Obama this month rallied environmentalists by reaching a deal with China to curb carbon emissions, but it could be reversed easily by his successor. (Associated Press)

Obama’s bold climate change policies may end with his term

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, Russia's then Prime Minister Vladimir Putin locks a collar with a satellite tracker on the tranquilized five-year-old Ussuri tiger in a Russian Academy of Sciences reserve in Russia's Far East as he took a part in the national program for preserving the population of the Ussuri tiger conducted by researchers of the Russian Academy of Sciences. A rare Siberian tiger released into the wild by Russian President Vladimir Putin is keeping farmers in northeastern China on edge. China&#8217;s official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2014, that the animal, named Ustin, bit and killed 15 goats and left another three missing on Sunday and Monday on a farm in Heilongjiang province's Fuyuan county. (AP Photo / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool File)

Vladimir Putin’s tiger ravages goat farm in northeast China

Associated Press

Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, talks with guests during the Tusk Conservation awards at an hotel in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. (AP Photo /Ian Gavan, Pool)

Prince William to visit China, Japan next year

Associated Press

New York courts Chinese tourists

Associated Press

China's Shenyang-J-31 stealth fighter jet (also called FC-31). (Image: United States Naval Institute)

China’s new stealth fighter jet sought by Pakistan

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Snyder: Despite difference, ‘all Michiganders’

Associated Press