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$No-fracking zone: Wastewater from hydraulic fracturing is not welcome at the treatment plant for Niagara Falls, N.Y., which endured the Love Canal crisis of the 1970s. Clashes for water are likely to increase as the world's population and fuel demand grow. (Associated Press)$

H2OIL: New fuel technology gulps water, threatens supply

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** (Associated Press)

China’s ‘Jade Rabbit’ moon rover lands safely, ready to roll

Associated Press

The USS Cowpens seen here in this Defense Department photo.

U.S. Navy-China showdown: Chinese try to halt U.S. cruiser in international waters

By Bill Gertz - Washington Free Beacon

**FILE** Po, a 2-year-old giant panda, takes a rest inside an exhibit at Zoo Atlanta on July 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

Pandas at Atlanta zoo are females, after all

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing last week. Mr. Yanukovych's visit is aimed at gaining Chinese support for Ukraine's battered economy. The country's economic malaise has helped fuel ongoing protests in Kiev. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside China: Ukraine gets nuclear umbrella

By Miles Yu

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Chinese Death Star: The moon cited as the perfect launch pad for ballistic missiles

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

An RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle conducts tests over the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Md. (NORTHROP GRUMMAN VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Inside the Ring: China targets Global Hawk drone

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A woman wearing a mask walks through a street covered by dense smog in Harbin, China, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2013. (Associated Press)

China: Poisonous smog is a military asset, if you think about it

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

CHELLANEY: China’s game of chicken

By Brahma Chellaney

VISIBLE CHANGE: Beijing's Tiananmen Square is filled with smog from industrial emissions. For the past seven years, China has surpassed the U.S. to become the world's biggest emitter of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. (Associated Press)

Inconvenient truth: China, developing world now biggest source of greenhouse gases

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Biden leaves with no concessions from China, heads next to South Korea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao at the Great Hall of the People on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Lintao Zhang, Pool)

Joe Biden meets Xi Jinping in China to try to defuse tensions on air defense zone

By Dave Boyer and Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

In 2001, a Chinese J-8 fighter crashed into a U.S. EP-3 (above) surveillance aircraft flying some 70 miles off the Chinese coast, setting off a crisis for new President George W. Bush. (U.S. Navy)

Inside the Ring: China targeting U.S. spy flights amid escalating tensions

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice listens June 7, 2012, during a news conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Associated Press)

Susan Rice slams Russia, China on human rights

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Minamikojima (foreground), Kitakojima, (middle right) and Uotsuri (background) are tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)

China accuses Japan of raising tensions over new air defense zone

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: Obama’s one-war posture invites two

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, gestures during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right center, at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. Biden, who is on the first leg of his three-nation Asian tour, met Abe, whose government is pressing the U.S. to more actively take Japan's side in an escalating dispute over China's new air defense zone above a set of contested islands in the East China Sea. (AP Photo/Toru Yamanaka, Pool)

U.S., Chinese diplomats talk air defense zone ahead of Biden visit

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the end of a joint press conference following their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) ** FILE **

Joe Biden: China air zone raises risk of accidents

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

U.S. sending sub-hunting jets to East China Sea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Navy FA-18 Hornets cram the flight deck of the USS George Washington during a joint military exercise with Japan in the Pacific Ocean near Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa on Nov. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

U.S. sends submarine-hunting jets to E. China Sea post

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times