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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, left, is greeted by Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Top Chinese official tells the U.S. commerce secretary he’s ready to improve cooperation

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, right, shakes hands with U.S. Ambassador to China Nick Burns after delivering her speech at a reception with U.S. Industry and Chinese Government Officials hosted by Ambassador Burns, in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Raimondo announces progress in China talks on export controls

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

A traveler walks through the international flight arrivals area at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, on April 26, 2023. China will no longer require a negative COVID-19 test result from incoming travelers starting Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China won’t require COVID-19 tests for incoming travelers in a milestone in its reopening

By Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of Foxconn, speaks during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Gou declared Monday that he will run as an independent candidate for president in Taiwan's 2024 election, ending months of speculation. (Kyodo News via AP)

Foxconn’s Terry Gou will seek Taiwan presidency as an independent, but he’ll need signatures to run

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during an event about high-speed internet infrastructure, in the East Room of the White House on June 26, 2023, in Washington. Raimondo is the latest member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet to visit China as his administration tries to mend the deteriorating ties between the world's two largest economies. She promises to be “practical” without compromising the U.S. push to “responsibly” manage that economic relationship. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s commerce secretary is the latest Cabinet member to visit China in a bid for improved ties

By Will Weissert - Associated Press

People walk in the Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. North Korea said Sunday, Aug. 27, it will allow its citizens staying abroad to return home in line with easing pandemic situations worldwide, as the country slowly eases its draconian pandemic restrictions. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho, File)

North Korea to allow its citizens abroad to return home, a sign of further easing of pandemic curbs

By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, second right, speaks during a meeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao, second left, at the Ministry of Commerce in Beijing, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

Top U.S., Chinese commerce officials express support for easier trade, but deep differences remain

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, Chinese soldiers take part in military drills in China on Saturday, Aug 19. 2023. China's defense ministry says its military has launched drills around Taiwan as a "stern warning" over what it calls collusion between "separatists and foreign forces," days after the island's vice president stopped over in the United States. (CCTV via AP)

Chinese nanotechnology fueling advanced bio, cyber weapons, electronic warfare tools, study warns

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this undated file photo released on Aug. 6, 2016, by China's Xinhua News Agency, two Chinese Su-30 fighter jets take off from an unspecified location to fly a patrol over the South China Sea. Taiwan’s defense ministry said Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, that China sent dozens of aircraft and vessels toward the island, just days after the United States approved a proposed $500-million arms sale to Taiwan. (Jin Danhua/Xinhua via AP, File)

China sends aircraft and vessels toward Taiwan days after U.S. approves $500-million arms sale

Associated Press

FILE - Fred Richard reacts after competing on the horizontal bar during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. Richard is part of a U.S. men's national team trying to return to relevance. The Americans haven't won a medal at a major international competition in nearly a decade. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File)

The U.S. men’s gymnastics program is running in place. The answer is easy. Getting there is not

By Will Graves - Associated Press

In this image taken from video, Taiwan's Vice President William Lai and frontrunner in the presidential elections attends a meeting with the foreign press in Taipei, Taiwan on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. During the meeting Lai said China has targeted Taiwan's "agricultural products potentially in an effort to undermine the coming elections." (AP Photo/Taijing Wu)

Taiwan’s vice president accuses China of attempting to influence upcoming elections

By Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

From left, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS group photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP)

Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join China and Russia in BRICS economic bloc

By Gerald Imray and Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings executive Junichi Matsumoto, center, who is in charge of the treated water release from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, announces that the first batch of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater will be released into the Pacific Ocean later Thursday from the plant, in the Okuma town on the northeastern coast of Japan, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will begin releasing the first batch of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean later Thursday, the utility executives said. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater release

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen carries the wreath during a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of deadly attack by China on Kinmen island, in Kinmen, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Tsai renews her pledge to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense during her visit to war memorial

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Journalists film the live telecast of spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 landing on the moon at ISRO's Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network facility in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. India has landed a spacecraft near the moon’s south pole, an uncharted territory that scientists believe could hold vital reserves of frozen water and precious elements, as the country cements its growing prowess in space and technology. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

India makes history with landing near moon’s South Pole

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Illustration on the crumbling Chinese economy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

U.S. must double down as China’s economy falters

By Brian W. Cag

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023, for a state visit. Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived for a state visit in South Africa where the two countries are expected to strengthen ties ahead of the BRICS summit starting in Johannesburg on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Chinese President Xi Jinping misses speech at BRICS summit

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, shakes hands with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP)

China, Russia and other emerging economies turn to main summit agenda in South Africa

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a news conference with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

China’s military working on AI weapons and systems for warfighting and ‘overthrowing regimes’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China's Paper Tiger Economy Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Unmasking China’s paper tiger economy

By Christopher Arps