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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a worker arranges raw filaments at the production base of Zhongfu Shenying Carbon Fiber Co., Ltd. in Xining, northwest China's Qinghai Province on Feb. 22, 2023. China's factory activity accelerated in February as the economy revived following the end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home and disrupted travel and trade, two surveys showed Wednesday, March 1. (Wu Gang/Xinhua via AP)

Normal no more: It’s time to review China’s trade status

By Andrew J. Harding

China's Taiwan War Rehearsal Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

China rehearsing for a Taiwan invasion, and U.S. needs to act

By James Fanell and Bradley A. Thayer

US Marine Corp MGEN Eric Austin, U.S. Exercise Director Representative, right, and Philippine Army MGEN Marvin Licudin, Philippine Exercise Director shake hands at the opening ceremonies of a joint military exercise flag called "Balikatan," a Tagalog word for "shoulder-to-shoulder," at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Quezon City, Philippines. The United States and the Philippines on Tuesday launch their largest combat exercises in decades that will involve live-fire drills, including a boat-sinking rocket assault in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait that will likely inflame China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

China warns as U.S., Philippines stage combat drills

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

President Joe Biden walks to board Air Force One, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, with his son Hunter Biden, left, and sister Valerie Biden at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is traveling the United Kingdom and Ireland in part to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. With Biden are his son Hunter Biden, left, and sister Valerie Biden(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

China sent not-so-subtle threat to Joe Biden by revealing Hunter’s bank records, says senator

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, listens during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing to examine the implementation of the Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability Act, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Biden blamed for French President Macron’s cozying up to China

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a J-15 Chinese fighter jet takes off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday, April 9, 2023. China's military declared Monday it is "ready to fight" after completing three days of large-scale combat exercises around Taiwan that simulated sealing off the island in response to the Taiwanese president's trip to the U.S. last week. (An Ni/Xinhua via AP)

Taiwan’s Tsai says China not being ‘responsible’ with drills

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

A U.S. trooper reaches out to link arms with his comrade during the opening ceremonies of a joint military exercise flag called "Balikatan," a Tagalog word for "shoulder-to-shoulder," at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Quezon City, Philippines. The United States and the Philippines on Tuesday launch their largest combat exercises in decades that will involve live-fire drills, including a boat-sinking rocket assault in waters across the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait that will likely inflame China. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

U.S., Philippines launch military exercise as China ends drills around Taiwan

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

President of the Western Australian Farmers Federation Rhys Turton poses for a photograph holding barley seeds in his fields near York, 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Perth, Australia May 19, 2020. Australia has on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, suspended a complaint to the World Trade Organization in a bid to reopen the Chinese market to Australian barley in the new government's latest step toward repairing relations with Beijing. (Richard Wainwright/AAP Image via AP)

Australia suspends WTO case against China on barley tariffs

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

China's Mideast Plans Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Why China really wants the Mideast

By Brandon J. Weichert

NSA cybersecurity director warns that TikTok is a ‘loaded gun’ for China

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Legal scholar Xu Zhiyong is seen at a meeting in Beijing, China, on July 17, 2009. Xu and Ding Jiaxi, two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison, Human Rights Watch said Monday, April 10, 2023, the latest in a crackdown by the ruling Communist Party on its critics. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)

Rights group: China sentences 2 lawyers on ‘farcical’ charge

Associated Press

Illustration on the Chinese Communist Party advantage in electric battery (EV) production by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

How some automakers are inadvertently empowering the Chinese Communist Party

By Jianli Yang

A U.S. Marines personnel gestures at the flight deck of the USS America (LHA 6) during a scheduled port visit in Manila, Philippines on Tuesday, March 21, 2023.(AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

U.S., Philippines hold largest war drills near disputed waters

By Jim Gomez - Associated Press

Hindu devotees listen to a religious leader at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, during the annual traditional fair of Magh Mela festival, in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Jan. 31, 2023. Demographers are unsure exactly when India will take the title as the most populous nation in the world because they're relying on estimates to make their best guess. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) **FILE**

When exactly will India surpass China as most populous?

By Mike Schneider and Sibi Arasu - Associated Press

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) conducts routine underway operations. Milius is forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Courtesy of Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet)

Navy conducts warship passage in South China Sea amid Beijing tensions

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Ya Ya, a Giant Panda is shown at the Memphis Zoo Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. About five hundred people attended a farewell party for the Panda. (AP Photo/Karen Pulfer Focht)

Memphis Zoo bids farewell to panda ahead of return to China

Associated Press

In this image made from video footage made available Sunday, April 9, 2023, by China's CCTV, Chinese navy ships take part in a military drill in the Taiwan Strait. China’s military sent several dozen warplanes and 11 warships toward Taiwan in a display of force directed at the self-ruled island, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Monday, April 10, after China launched large-scale military drills in retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and Taiwan's President. (CCTV via AP, File)

China’s military ‘ready to fight’ after drills near Taiwan

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this image taken from video footage run Saturday, April 8, 2023 by China's CCTV, a Chinese fighter jet performs an mid-air refueling maneuver at an unspecified location. The Chinese military announced exercises around Taiwan on Saturday in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. (CCTV via AP)

China simulates ‘precision strikes’ on Taiwan during second day of major military drills

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Chairman Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., listens during a hearing of a special House committee dedicated to countering China, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Washington. Gallagher, chairman of the House Select Committee on China said Saturday, April 8, that the U.S. must take seriously the threat posed to Taiwan, as Beijing launched military drills around the island in the aftermath of the Taiwanese president's meetings with American lawmakers. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Taiwan threat from China serious, House GOP chairman says

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

In this May 29, 2018, file photo, George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, listens to the conference after his speech titled "How to save the European Union" as he attends the European Council On Foreign Relations Annual Council Meeting in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori) ** FILE **

Soros sharks, fresh off feast of Trump, circle Clarence Thomas

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times