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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a closely watched visit to Beijing on Monday, during which he met with China's top diplomats and held talks with President Xi Jinping. However, Blinken failed to land the biggest ask on his agenda: restoring China-U.S. military communications. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Why haven’t China and the U.S. agreed to restore military contacts?

By Simina Mistreanu - Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden, left, talks with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022. (Bay Ismoyo/Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. sees opportunity as Beijing’s bluster drives neighbors into new alliances

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, welcomes Chinese Premier Li Qiang for a meeting at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 19, 2023. Li has started a visit to Germany and France that is his first trip abroad since taking office, a visit that comes as the European nations seek to balance concerns over economic dependence on China with a desire to engage Beijing on issues such as combating climate change. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

New Chinese premier makes first foreign trip to Europe as part of Beijing’s outreach

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

In this undated file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese H-6K bomber patrols the islands and reefs in the South China Sea. (Liu Rui/Xinhua via AP, File)

China conducts nighttime bomber sorties around Taiwan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

Olive branch? Blinken offers Biden’s conciliation to China

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during a news conference following a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Admiralty House in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (Dean Lewins/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

Countering China key focus as Biden hosts India’s PM Modi

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, right, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

Beijing offers no red carpet for arrival of top U.S. diplomat Blinken on trip to ease tensions

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the Interstate 95 highway collapse after an aerial tour of the site at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Saturday, June 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden hopes to meet Xi Jinping in coming months as America’s top diplomat visits China

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves before boarding a plane for his travel to China, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, June 16, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken set for high-stakes China visit with tensions rising and breakthrough prospects low

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

FILE - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan takes a question from a reporter at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, April 24, 2023. National security advisors from the United States, Japan and the Philippines, in their first such trilateral talks Friday, June 16, 2023 agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation, as Washington and its partners seek to reinforce their alliances to adapt to growing tensions over North Korea, China and Ukraine, Sullivan said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

U.S., Japan, Philippines agree to strengthen security ties amid tensions over China, North Korea

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Friday, June 16, 2023. China's government on Friday rejected as "far-fetched and unprofessional" a report by a U.S. security firm that blamed Chinese-linked hackers for attacks on hundreds of public agencies, schools and other targets around the world. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng)

China calls hacking report ‘far-fetched,’ accuses U.S. of targeting the cybersecurity industry

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Jimmy Lai who founded the Apple Daily, is escorted by Correctional Services officers to get on a prison van before appearing in a court in Hong Kong, Dec. 12, 2020. China's Foreign Ministry has condemned a resolution passed by the European Parliament criticizing Hong Kong's shrinking rights to free speech and political participation and urged the city's government to release and drop all charges against activist publisher Jimmy Lai, a sign of continuing political tensions between the sides even as they seek to restore economic links. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China condemns EU Parliament’s resolution on Hong Kong’s shrinking freedoms

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Bill Gates, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, Friday, June 16, 2023. Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping just days after a visit to Beijing by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The state broadcaster CCTV showed Xi saying he was happy to see Gates, who he called an "old friend," after three years without meeting during the pandemic. (Yin Bogu/Xinhua via AP)

Chinese President Xi Jinping stresses U.S.-China cooperation in meeting with Bill Gates

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A U.S. Air Force pilot looked down at the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovered over the Central Continental United States Feb. 3, 2023. The Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration have been tracking a balloon (not pictured) that was flying off the coast of Hawaii last week, but a defense official said Tuesday there's no indication it is connected to China or any other adversary, and it presents no threats to aviation or national security. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense)

Senators press Biden to release U.S. intel analysis of Chinese spy balloon incident

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Zhu Yong, right, tries to shield himself from photographers as he leaves Brooklyn Federal court, May 31, 2023, in New York. Jurors are expected to start deliberating Thursday, June 15, in the criminal trial of three men, including Zhu, accused of trying to scare a former Chinese official into returning to his homeland, a scheme that U.S. prosecutors say was orchestrated by Beijing. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

U.S. jury to weigh case prosecutors call part of China’s ‘Operation Fox Hunt’ repatriation effort

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

FILE - A woman works in a tobacco field at a farm on the outskirt of Harare, Saturday, April, 9, 2022. Zimbabwe has reported record tobacco sales as the southern African nation reestablishes itself as one of the leading growers in the world, and yet the small-scale Black farmers now selling their crop mostly to China are “heavily indebted” and seeing "minimal" benefits, according to an association that represents their interests. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe reports record tobacco sales, mostly to China, yet many farmers deep in debt

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, right, receives Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Jade Gao/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese premier meets with Palestinian president in effort to increase Middle East presence

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a chiefs of mission reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on June 13, 2023. Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shared concerns on a phone call Wednesday, June 14, 2023, ahead of a planned visit by the U.S. official to China meant to shore up relations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Blinken heads to China this weekend on mission to salvage sinking ties and keep communications open

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

The American and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 2, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. China on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, criticized new sanctions imposed by the United States on companies believed to be aiding the violation of human rights or threatening American security, including hypersonic weapons development and training Chinese military pilots. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

China likely exploiting border chaos to sneak military operatives into U.S.: House chairman

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, talks to Defence Minister Boris Pistorius during the cabinet meeting of the German Government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Germany is unveiling in Berlin its first comprehensive national security strategy as part of an effort to address what it views as growing military, economic and social threats to the country. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and four of his top ministers are due to present the new strategy Wednesday, which has been months in the making. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

German government presents 1st national security strategy to address growing threats

By Frank Jordans and Geir Moulson - Associated Press