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Biden and China Money Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

GOP to Biden family: The jig is up, bank records don’t lie

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, right, and New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins answer questions at a media conference in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Rabuka indicated his nation is reconsidering its security ties with China at a time that geopolitical tensions in the Pacific are rising. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Fiji reconsiders security ties with China amid Pacific tensions

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right speak during a hearing, Oct. 5, 2021, in Washington. The two U.S. senators are asking TikTok to explain what they called “misleading or inaccurate” statements about how it stores and provides access to U.S. user data. In a letter sent Tuesday, June 6, 2023, to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew, U.S. Sens Richard Blumenthal and Marsha Blackburn cited recent news reports from Forbes and The New York Times that raised questions about how the company handles sensitive U.S. user information. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senators press TikTok for answers on U.S. data allegedly stored in China

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Sweden's Defense Minister Pal Jonson, left, attends the bilateral talk with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, not in photo, at the Defense Ministry Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in Tokyo, Japan. (David Mareuil/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan supports Sweden’s NATO membership as defense ministers strengthen ties

By Raf Wober - Associated Press

US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin, arrives for the opening dinner for the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Friday, June 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

New Cold War? U.S., China defense chiefs square off in Singapore

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

United Arab Emirates sidles up to China, Russia illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

United States cannot stand idly by as United Arab Emirates sidles up to China, Russia

By Matthew Hedges

Zhu Yong, right, tries to shield himself from photographers as he leaves Brooklyn Federal court, May 31, 2023, in New York. Michael McMahon, Yong and Zheng Congying are charged with being part of a continent-hopping conspiracy to hound a New Jersey man, his wife and their adult daughter. The couple had left their homeland and kept their U.S. address private. Yet eight years later, two strangers were banging on their New Jersey front door and twisting the handle, the wife testified in a U.S. court on Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Chinese ex-official’s wife says alleged repatriation pressure turned her life in US ‘upside-down’

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Illustration on opposition to Trump's reelection by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

It’s Trump 2024 versus Never Trump cartel

By Peter Navarro

South Korea's Son Jun-ho speaks during a press conference before a training session at Al Egla Training Site 5 in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 22, 2022. South Korean national soccer team midfielder Son has been detained in the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning on suspicion of accepting a bribe, China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Son Jun-ho selected for South Korean soccer team despite being detained in China

By John Duerden - Associated Press

Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, second left, welcomes U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin before their meeting, in New Delhi, India, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Pentagon chief Austin discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China

By Ashok Sharma - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Chung-Hoon observes a Chinese navy ship conduct what it called an "unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait, Saturday, June 3, 2023, in which the Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of the American destroyer, forcing the U.S. ship to slow to avoid a collision. The incident occurred as the American destroyer and Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting a so-called “freedom of navigation” transit of the strait between Taiwan and mainland China. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andre T. Richard/U.S. Navy via AP)

WATCH: U.S. releases video showing close-call in Taiwan Strait with Chinese destroyer

By David Rising - Associated Press

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, right, speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House says recent China’s military provocations are ‘unprofessional’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles, right, talks with Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesia, Australia affirm defense ties amid China concerns

By Edna Tarigan and Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

A police officer, left, gestures to a journalist to stop as people on bicycles are ordered to stop for identification check at a checkpoint along a street near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Sunday, June 4, 2023, during the 34th anniversary of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square, 20 detained in Hong Kong on anniversary of 1989 protests

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Pope Francis meets with pilgrims from Concesio and Sotto il Monte on the 60th anniversary of the death of Pope John XXIII and the election of Paul VI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Pope Francis warned the Vatican's missionary fundraisers on Saturday to not allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality and spreading the Gospel must drive their operations, not mere entrepreneurship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope to visit Mongolia at end of summer in visit rich in geopolitical significance

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Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu salutes before delivering his speech on the last day of the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

China defends buzzing American warship in Taiwan Strait, accuses U.S. of provoking Beijing

By David Rising - Associated Press

An actor and an actress perform the stage play "May 35th" in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, June 1, 2023. This Sunday, June 4, 2023, will mark the 34th anniversary of China's 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Though local commemoration appeared to be muted, many members of the Hong Kong diaspora are committed to keeping the flames alive overseas. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Amid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately

By Kanis Leung - Associated Press

A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's rocket launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on June 1, 2023. The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China on Friday, June, 2, over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, which Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

U.S., allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea’s failed military spy satellite launch

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks before a Senate Appropriations hearing on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 16, 2023. As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with Asia-Pacific nations, the top defense officials from both nations are preparing to try to win support this weekend from their regional counterparts, diplomats and leaders at a security forum in Singapore. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Australian PM Albanese stresses need for diplomacy, guardrails in dealing with China

By David Rising - Associated Press

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi talks to media in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 23, 2022. The United States signed a trade agreement Thursday, June 1, 2023, with Taiwan over opposition from China, which claims the self-ruled island democracy as part of its territory. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

U.S., Taiwan sign trade deal over China’s opposition

Associated Press