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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (left) listens Gen. Chang Wanquan, China's defense minister, speaks during their joint news conference at the Pentagon on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Hagel heads for meeting with Asian defense ministers

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

**FILE** Indians cheer during the launch of the Indian Navy’s anti-submarine warfare corvette INS Kiltan on the Ganges river in Kolkata, India, on March 26, 2013. The Indian-built corvette is named after the Kiltan island in India’s Lakshwadeep archipelago. (Associated Press)

Inside China: China ridicules Indian navy

By Miles Yu

**FILE** Bo Xilai, then Chongqing party secretary, attends the closing session of the annual National People's Congress in the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing on March 14, 2012. Xilai, a rising Communist Party star who fell from power last year, will go on trial Thursday on corruption charges, a court announced on Aug. 18, 2013, putting China's new leaders on course to wrap up a festering scandal as they try to cement their authority. (Associated Press)

Fallen Chinese political star to go on trial

By Gillian Wong - The Washington Times

Inside China: Military delays commercial flights

By Miles Yu

Inside the Ring: Army officer calls for purge

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Pumped up: Fuel-hungry cars line up at a gas station in China, the world's largest market for autos since 2009. The burgeoning demand is causing China's estimated consumption of oil to surge to 11 million barrels a day next year. (Associated Press Photographs)

China will surpass U.S. in oil imports; shift in supply and demand could transform geopolitics

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

** FILE ** The al-Waha Oil Co. in southern Iraq is an affiliate of China’s state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. Most of Iraq’s oil production is expected to be funneled to China and other expanding Asian markets rather than the U.S. and Europe. (Associated Press)

China to surpass U.S. as biggest oil importer

The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

SHAPIRO: China’s puzzling U-turn on trade

By Gary Shapiro

Without the plentiful factory jobs that once made Detroit a teeming metropolis, the city steadily deteriorated into a hollow shell of vacant buildings and weed-covered lots. (Associated Press)

As Detroit founders, its auto industry soars; rapid globalization leaves city’s economy behind

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

**FILE** Michael Froman, President Obama's choice to become U.S. Trade Representative, listens as the president speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

NSA scandal weakens U.S. in EU trade talks, matches China on data theft fears

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

**FILE** Michael Froman, President Obama's choice to become U.S. Trade Representative, listens as the president speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on May 2, 2013. (Associated Press)

Snoop scandal hurts U.S. trade hopes in Europe

The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

CHELLANEY: China’s salami-slicing strategy

By Brahma Chellaney

China’s heat wave brings ‘dead’ man back to life

Associated Press

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

S&P 500 closes above 1,700 points for first time

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

Inside China: PLA on Taiwan’s weapons

By Miles Yu

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LYONS: ‘Transforming’ America becomes disarming America

By James A. Lyons

"We have resources, oil, gas. Surprisingly there is only one American company engaged in gas exploration,” said Liberata Mulamula, Tanzanian ambassador. (Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

Tanzanian ambassador urges American companies to compete for USA contracts

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Recognize the enemy

The Washington Times

** FILE ** Then-Chongqing Party Secretary Bo Xilai puts on his glasses during a plenary session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Monday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China indicts ex-Communist leader Bo Xilai for corruption

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Ma Ying-jeou

Inside China: China’s‘ Xi courts Taiwan’s Ma

By Miles Yu