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FILE - In this April 7, 2013 file photo provided by Gov. Dennis Daugaard's office, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, center left, and Jake Anderson, right, owner and president of Millennium Recycling in Sioux Falls, speaks with Chinese officials at a recycling center in Beijing. Daugaard will be joined by representatives from 11 companies and groups from around South Dakota when he makes his third trade mission to China May 9-16, 2014. (AP Photo/Gov. Dennis Daugaard's Office, Kelsey Webb, File)

China trip targets foreign students, export growth

By NORA HERTEL - Associated Press

Field of teams: Tea party candidate Ben Sasse (left) and establishment-backed candidate Shane Osborn are opening a new front in Nebraska politics. They are in the middle of a bitter national struggle in the Republican Party between one wing determined to maintain traditional control and insurgents trying to change direction. (Associated Press photographs)

Cornhusker clash: Nebraska sees nasty fight in GOP Senate primary

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain, left, is welcomed by Italian photographer Filippo Di Mario as he walks in the paddock upon his arrival at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Fernando Alonso proved last season that wise tire management and smooth pit stops can be enough to compensate for a lack of overall speed. Alonso enters the race in a distant third place, with 41 points to Rosberg's 79 and Hamilton's 75, but after managing to finally reach the podium at Shanghai in Ferrari's first race under new team principal Marco Mattiacci. The Formula One race will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Alonso warns Spanish fans podium is unlikely

By JOSEPH WILSON - Associated Press

A land-based mock up of China's first cruiser under construction in Wuhan represents a major step forward in Beijing's large-scale naval warfare buildup.

Inside the Ring: China’s missile cruiser a major step to naval warfare buildup

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday March 26, 2013, a worker performs shadow boxing during an open day at the Alibaba Group office in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province. Alibaba Group is aiming to raise $1 billion in a long-awaited IPO likely to have ripple effects across the Internet. The Tuesday, May 6, 2014 filing sets the stage for the technology industry's biggest initial public offering since short messaging service Twitter and its early investors collected $1.8 billion in its stock market debut last fall. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

China’s Alibaba seeks blockbuster IPO in US

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 7, 2012 file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, CNOOC 981, the first deep-water drilling rig developed in China, is pictured at 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of Hong Kong in the South China Sea. Vietnam warned China on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, that it would take all necessary measures to defend its interests in the South China Sea if Beijing does not remove the large oil rig from waters claimed by both countries. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jin Liangkuai, File) NO SALES

Vietnam: Chinese ships ram vessels near oil rig

By CHRIS BRUMMITT - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2012 file photo, Jack Ma, chairman of China's largest e-commerce firm Alibaba Group, gestures during a conference in Hong Kong. The mammoth IPO planned by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group highlights founder Jack Ma’s improbable rise to China’s entrepreneur-in-chief. In a country where state-owned enterprises dominate business and many owe their wealth to government and Communist Party ties, Ma stands out for his huge self-made success. Alibaba, which started as a site to link Chinese manufacturers with buyers overseas, became under Ma an e-commerce behemoth that is now expanding into banking, navigation and online video. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Behind Alibaba IPO is unlikely China success story

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo released by the San Diego Zoo, the zoo's male giant panda, Gao Gao, eats his birthday cake in San Diego. Gao Gao is recovering from surgery to remove his right testicle due to the presence of a tumor. Zoo officials say the hourlong procedure Tuesday, May 6, 2014 was a success and veterinarians are hopeful Gao Gao will make a full recovery. (AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn, File) NO SALES

San Diego Zoo giant panda recovering from surgery

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U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, third from right, her daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, second from right, is greeted by Chinese President Xi Jinping, second from left, and his wife Peng Liyuan, left, at the Diaoyutai State guest house in Beijing, China Friday, March 21, 2014. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama met with excited students who were building robots and tried her hand at Chinese calligraphy Friday during a tour of a Beijing high school. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

CARSON: Rethinking America’s decline

By Ben S. Carson

In this May 3, 2014, image provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. Air Force Airman parachutes into the Pacific Ocean to aid two critically injured sailors aboard a Venezuelan fishing boat. The Venezuelan fishing boat found the sailors floating in a raft Friday afternoon after their vessel sank off the coast of Mexico, said Sarah Schwennese, spokeswoman at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Adam Grant)

Doctor: Badly burned Chinese fishermen alert

By JULIE WATSON - Associated Press

BMW earns rise as battered Europe market improves

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

Tennessee editorial roundup

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Chinese Consul General to visit Naperville

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China wins men’s table tennis team championship

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Protesters shout slogans as they picket the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines to coincide with the opening ceremony of the joint U.S.-Philippines military exercise dubbed Balikatan 2014, Monday, May 5, 2014 at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines. More than 5,000 U.S. and Filipino troops have begun two weeks of military exercises to flex their muscle in jointly dealing with potential crisis in the Philippines, which is prone to natural disasters and has been locked in a dangerous standoff with China over a disputed shoal. This year's war games focuses on maritime security. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

U.S., Filipino troops begin large military drill

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

McAuliffe: China lifts ban on Virginia chickens

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China sentences man to 10 years for spying

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FILE - In this March 20, 2014 file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at his official residence in Tokyo. Japan is marking the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitution on May 3, 2014 with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing document as Abe pushes for an expanded role for the military. Abe&#8217;s ruling conservative party has long advocated revision but been unable to sway public opinion. Now he proposes that the government reinterpret the constitution so it can loosen the reins on its military without having to win approval for constitutional change. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayash, File)

FEULNER: Reassuring anxious Asian allies

By Ed Feulner

Sayaka Hirano of Japan returns a shot to Ng Wing Nam of Hong Kong during their semifinal match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo, Sunday, May 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

China advances at table tennis team championships

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