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In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013 photo, Zhu Huilong, senior vice president of Youku Tudou, answers questions during an interview at the Youku headquarters in Beijing, China. In China, pirate DVDs in stores and on the street were traditionally the fastest way to get access to a film, and cheaper than going to the theater. A few years ago, piracy also dominated online. Today, China’s major video streaming sites have deals with Hollywood studios and others and are filled with licensed content. To protect their investments, a group of video sites announced in November they had teamed up with the Motion Picture Association of America to sue other Chinese sites they accuse of copyright violations. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China video sites confident public will pay

By LOUISE WATT - Associated Press

China gives doctor death sentence for baby selling

Associated Press

An artist's illustration of DARPA's Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) travelling at 13,000 mph, or Mach 20, during its Aug. 11, 2011 test flight.

Hypersonic arms race: China tests high-speed missile to beat U.S. defenses

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

The newly commissioned Liaoning is China’s first aircraft carrier. It was put into service on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, underscoring the country’s ambitions to be a leading Asian naval power, although no warplanes have been seen taking off from or landing on the ship — making its current utility as a strategic power projection tool questionable. (Associated Press)

LYONS and FISHER: Is it time to create an ‘Asian NATO’?

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

A Chinese man sits on a bench while holding a cigarette in his fingers in front of a pillar with a no smoking notice on display at a bus station in Beijing Thursday, March 24, 2011. On this week, Chinese health authorities renewed a push to ban smoking in indoor public places, adding more venues like hotels and restaurants as of May 1, though still excluding many workplaces. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China to ban indoor smoking by 2014: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Inside the Ring: High-ranking China official facing corruption charges

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

HANSON: China’s version of the old imperial Japan

By Victor Davis Hanson

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a memorial service for Russian firearms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Kalashnikov died on Dec. 23 at the age of 94. His work as a weapons designer for the Soviet Union is immortalized in the name of the world's most popular firearm, the AK-47 assault rifle, which is often called "a Kalashnikov." (AP Photo/Sergei Chirikov, Pool)

TORSHIN: Kalashnikov, the man and the weapon

By Alexandr Torshin

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, pauses while speaking before a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before a meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. Kerry said that finding peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not "mission impossible." (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Obama admin to hold firm in pursuit of neutrality amid ‘global rebalancing’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sohu Chairman and CEO Charles Zhang speaks to the journalists during a press conference at the Sohu Media Plaza in Beijing Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014. A popular online video site has brought American irreverent comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live to China. Sohu Video announced Thursday that it will exclusively show the show that regularly mocks the U.S. government on its website. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Sohu Video brings ‘Saturday Night Live’ to China

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times