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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) conducts a routine Taiwan Strait transit on Sunday, April 16, 2023. The U.S. Navy sailed the warship through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in the first such transit made public since China carried out large-scale military drills around the self-ruled island last weekend in retaliation for a visit by Taiwan's president to the U.S. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Risk of war with China over Taiwan is real, intel leaders warn

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A security guard stands near a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag at the Museum of the Communist Party of China on May 26, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

China’s disinformation successes causing policy paralysis

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, center, who founded local newspaper Apple Daily, is arrested by police officers at his home in Hong Kong, on Aug. 10, 2020. The trial of a Hong Kong newspaper publisher who was arrested in a crackdown on a pro-democracy movement was postponed on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, after the territory's leader asked China to effectively block him from hiring a British defense lawyer. (AP Photo/File)

TikTok says error caused it to censor Acton Institute content featuring imprisoned activist in China

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Friday, March 3, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Pompeo: U.S. must recognize China-North Korea nuke connection

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly addresses the eleventh emergency special session of the General Assembly, Feb. 22, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. Canada’s foreign minister said Thursday, May 4, that the country is considering the expulsion of Chinese diplomats over an intelligence agency report saying one of them plotted to intimidate the Hong Kong relatives of a Canadian lawmaker. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

Canada mulls expelling China diplomat for targeting lawmaker

By Rob Gillies - Associated Press

Norwegian climber Kristin Harila, 37, smiles after arriving in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, May 4, 2023. Harila who just became the fastest female climber to scale the 14 highest mountains in the world is now aiming to become the fastest person to complete the feat, beating a record set by a male climber in 2019. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Norway climber aims to be fastest to scale 14 tallest peaks

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

In this photo released by Pakistan's Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, third left, walks with other officials toward his plane to depart for India, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 4, 2023. Bhutto departs for India to attend the meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization's foreign ministers being held in neighboring India's state of Goa. (Pakistan Foreign Ministry via AP)

India to talk with China, Russia before Central Asia meeting

By Krutika Pathi - Associated Press

Taiwan Trade Minister John Chen-Chung Deng speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at Willard Hotel's Café du Parc, in Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Taiwan trade chief warns against ‘unnecessary fear’ of China

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

Solar panels work at the DTE O'Shea Solar Park in Detroit, Nov. 16, 2022. The House voted Friday, April 28, 2023, to reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost the U.S. solar industry, a key part of his climate agenda. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Democrats join Republicans to reverse Biden’s solar policy and punish China

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

An overview of the Swiss parliament in Bern, Switzerland, Sept. 15, 2014. Switzerland’s lower house of parliament has voted to tighten ties with the legislature in Taiwan, a move that could further rankle China after recent visits by Western lawmakers to the island. The Swiss National Council voted 97-87 with eight abstentions late Tuesday, May 2, 2023, to instruct parliamentary offices to “strengthen” relations with Taiwan’s Yuan legislature. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP, File)

Swiss lower house approves closer ties to Taiwan legislature

By Jamey Keaten - Associated Press

This photo provided by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows fentanyl pills seized by Customs and Border Protection officers on Sept. 12, 2021. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP) ** FILE **

China remains a key player in the fentanyl supply chain, officials tell Congress

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley talks to the media after the meeting of the 'Ukraine Defense Contact Group' at Ramstein Air Base in Ramstein, Germany, Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Chairman Milley on avoiding war with China: U.S. must strengthen military

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures while speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on March 20, 2023. Asia’s stake in Europe’s war was made crystal clear Tuesday when the leaders of the region's two richest countries sat in the capitals of Russia and Ukraine in strong shows of support for the opposing sides. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Look to maritime domain to revive failed U.S. statecraft

By Brent D. Sadler

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shake hands following a joint news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2023. Prime Minister Kishida said he is arranging a May 7-8 trip to South Korea for talks with President Yoon in return to his March visit to Tokyo and give a boost to their impetus of deepening ties before the upcoming Group of Seven summit he hosts. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Kishida plans to visit Yoon in South Korea before G-7

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

A fishing boat passes by a setting sun in the Sulu Sea, as seen onboard Philippine Coast Guard BRP Malabrigo while it heads to Philippine-occupied areas at nearby South China Sea on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

On board a Philippine patrol in contested South China Sea

By Jim Gomez and Aaron Favila and Joeal Calupitan - Associated Press

In this image made from video provided by Sky News Australia, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks in an interview in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 28, 2023. Taiwan intends to fight for itself in any armed conflict with China and is unclear as to what countries might stand beside it, the self-governing island's foreign minister said. (Sky News Australia via AP)

Unclear who would help Taiwan in a war: foreign minister

Associated Press

U.S. — Japan Alliance Adjustment Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Measures must be taken to safeguard U.S.-Japan economic security

By Jianli Yang

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)

U.S. tracking balloon over Pacific; not China’s, not a threat

By Lolita C. Baldor - Associated Press

Illustration on the current Cold War by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The new — or perhaps renewed — Cold War

By Clifford D. May

Illustration on China's menacing moves in the Pacific by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Leveraging European markets to end war in Ukraine and ease tensions over Taiwan

By Peter Morici