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In this March 25, 2014 photo, Chef Clint Carter demonstrates ideas on how to prepare Asian carp at Dixon Seafoods in East Peoria, Ill., to give cooking ideas for local chefs who will be serving their own culinary creations at the Flying Fish Festival in July at East Peoria. The swarms of Asian carp that infest the Illinois River may not want to hear this, but they’re good to eat. (AP Photo/Journal Star, Fred Zwicky)

EXCHANGE: Asian carp could be rebranded as cuisine

By STEVE TARTER - Associated Press

In this photo taken March 29, 2014, residents breath from bags of fresh air taken from a provincial resort Laojun Mountains during a promotional event in Zhengzhou in central China's Henan province. In the central Henan province, local tourism authorities scooped up mountain air to promote a resort, offering bags of it free of charge in downtown Zhengzhou, the provincial capital. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

In China, jar of French mountain air fetches $860

By Didi Tang - Associated Press

In this photo taken on March 29, 2014, Beijing artist Liang Kegang collects fresh air in the commune of Forcalquier in Provence, France. The jar of air is a piece of conceptual art to protest his home city's choking pollution. It has fetched $860 in a small auction. (AP Photo/Liang Kegang)

In China, jar of French mountain air fetches $860

By DIDI TANG - Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool)

Hagel seeks to increase ties with Mongolia

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

Cui Tiankai (Associated Press file photo)

Obama admin unfairly pitting China against North Korea: diplomat

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that he authorized releasing details of the U.S. cyber warfare doctrine to China in a bid to win cooperation from Beijing. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Hagel releases cyber warfare plans to China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Foundation set up in marathon victim’s name

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Ma Ying-jeou

Despite trade concerns, Taiwan remains a linchpin in U.S. posturing on China

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Tom Sermanni, U.S. women's soccer coach, looks on against China during the first half of an international friendly soccer match in Commerce City, Colo., on Sunday, April 6, 2014. U.S. Soccer fired Sermanni on Sunday, following a disappointing seventh-place finish last month at the Algarve Cup. The surprising move came just 16 months after he took over the program. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Wambach: Players not behind Sermanni’s firing

By BERNIE WILSON - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this July 9, 2009, file photo Dr. Craig Rowles stands with hogs in one of his Carroll, Iowa, hog buildings. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

US bacon prices rise after virus kills baby pigs

By M.L. JOHNSON - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Taiwan needs Trade in Services pact with Beijing

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel shakes hands with Chinese Minister of Defense Chang Wanquan prior to their meeting at the Chinese Defense Ministry headquarters in Beijing, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool)

Hagel, Chang air differences over disputed islands

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

The Meiyintang “Chicken Cup” from the Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) is displayed during a press conference in Hong Kong, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Sotheby’s said Shanghai collector Liu Yiqian won the bidding for the “Chicken Cup,” which is decorated with a rooster, hen and their chicks. Including the auction house’s commission, the price for the small cup comes to HK$281.2 million (US$36.1 million), which Sotheby’s said is a world record price for Chinese porcelain. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Ming Dynasty ‘chicken cup’ sold for record $36M

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

In this Sept. 3, 2013, photo, U.S. women's national soccer team coach Tom Sermanni waits for an international friendly against Mexico in Washington. U.S. Soccer says Sermanni has been fired as coach. The Americans beat China 2-0 in an exhibition game Sunday, April 6, 2014, in Commerce City, Colo. Hours later, the U.S. soccer announced the move in a news release. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US women’s soccer coach Tom Sermanni fired

Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, is welcomed by Rear Admiral Guan Youfei, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of the Chinese Defense Ministry and U.S. Ambassador to China, Max Baucus, upon his arrival at Qingdao International Airport in Qingdao, China, Monday, April 7, 2014. Hagel is currently on his fourth trip to Asian nations since taking office. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, Pool)

Hagel tours China’s new aircraft carrier

By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press

A Chinese Ilyushin IL-76s aircraft taxies past another parked on the tarmac at Perth International Airport after returning from search operations for wreckage and debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, in Perth, Australia, Monday, April 7, 2014. It’s not a question most governments involved in the hunt for Flight 370 care to answer: How much has the far-flung, month-long search cost? Several Chinese ships and planes have been involved in the search, but China’s foreign ministry did not respond to questions about the expense of the effort. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Another jet-search unknown: How much it’s costing

By LEON DROUIN-KEITH - Associated Press

Tom Sermanni, U.S. women's soccer coach, looks on against China during the first half of an international friendly soccer match in Commerce City, Colo., on Sunday, April 6, 2014. U.S. Soccer fired Sermanni on Sunday, following a disappointing seventh-place finish last month at the Algarve Cup. The surprising move came just 16 months after he took over the program. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

Tom Sermanni fired as U.S. women’s soccer coach hours after game

Associated Press

In this file photo taken on Nov. 17, 2009, a bank clerk stacks up renminbi banknotes at a bank in Hefei in central China's Anhui province. China on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, criticized a U.S. congressional report that called on Washington to do more to force Beijing to increase the value of its currency. (AP Photo)

China named ‘most powerful nation’ by economic group

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Pact would aid China’s machinations

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Accompanied by Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera, left, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, reviews honor guards at the Japanese Ministry of Defense headquarters April 6, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Hagel is visiting Japan, China and Mongolia. It is his fourth trip to Asian nations since taking office. (AP Photo/Alex Wong, POOL)

U.S. sending 2 warships to Japan to counter North Korea

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press