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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

The female giant panda cub at the Smithsonian's National Zoo is measured on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Smithsonian's National Zoo, Abby Wood)

National Zoo’s female giant panda cub finally gets a name: Bao Bao

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, file photo, American Airline planes sit at a gate at Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport. Four key members of Congress said Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, that all airlines should be able to bid on gates and landing rights that American Airlines and US Airways will give up after their merger. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

State Dept.: U.S. air carriers should comply with China’s defense zone demands

Associated Press

A B-52 bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. (Image: U.S. Air Force) ** FILE **

Pentagon to continue defiance of China’s claimed air defense zone

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

The replica of a Chinese made fighter jet is silhouetted against the sun in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. China said Wednesday it had monitored two unarmed U.S. bombers that flew over the East China Sea in defiance of Beijing's declaration it was exercising greater military control over the area. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Inside China: Airspace acrimony in East China Sea

By Miles Yu

An FA-18 Hornet approaches to land on the deck of the USS George during a joint military exercise with Japan in the Pacific Ocean off Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013. The 13-day drill ended in the day as an air defense zone newly declared by China Saturday, Nov. 23 in the East China Sea has raised some tensions in the region. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

South Korea, Japan join U.S. in defying China’s air defense zone

By Cheryl K. Chumley - 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 sends warplanes into air defense zone

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird

Embassy Row: Canada strong and free

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

Workers in Central Lake, Mich., prepare apples for shipment. Despite a bumper crop this year in Michigan, China still produced roughly half of the world's crop. Beijing is using its clout to press for expanded access to the long-restricted American market. (Associated Press)

Bye, bye American pie? China wants in on the U.S. apple market.

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011 file photo, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's P-3C Orion surveillance plane flies over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, called the Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China. China said Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013 it had monitored two unarmed U.S. bombers that flew over the East China Sea in defiance of Beijing's declaration it was exercising greater military control over the area. Tuesday's flight of the B-52 bombers underscored U.S. assertions that it will not comply with Chinese demands that aircraft flying through its newly declared maritime air defense zone identify themselves and accept Chinese instructions. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File) JAPAN OUT

China says it monitored defiant US bomber flights

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Vice President Joseph R. Biden will use his visit to Beijing to discuss an emerging pattern of behavior that is unsettling to China's neighbors. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Tensions high during Joe Biden’s Beijing visit

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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Biden to meet with China leadership as tension grows over disputed islands

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** In this image made from the monitor at the Beijing Aerospace Flight Control Center and released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese astronauts Jing Haipeng (center), Liu Wang (left) and Liu Yang celebrate aboard the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft after a successful manual docking between the spacecraft and the Tiangong-1 lab module on Sunday, June 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Beijing Aerospace Control Center via Xinhua)

China’s next step to space: A lunar launch, and a moon rover

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A B-52 bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. (Image: U.S. Air Force) ** FILE **

U.S. B-52 bombers buzz China’s expanded airspace as dispute with Japan escalates

The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ma’s initiative solution to island dispute

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The secret to Park’s success was happiness

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press

A B-52 bomber flies over the Pacific Ocean. (Image: U.S. Air Force) ** FILE **

U.S. B-52 bombers buzz China’s expanded airspace as dispute with Japan escalates

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

China's President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with former U.S. President Bill Clinton at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)

China demands U.S. butt out of island dispute with Japan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times