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A Chinese flag hangs near a security camera outside of a shop in Beijing on Oct. 8, 2019. China has long been seen by the U.S. as a prolific source of anti-American propaganda but less aggressive in its influence operations than Russia, which has used cyberattacks and covert operations to disrupt U.S. elections and denigrate rivals. But many in Washington now think China is increasingly adopting tactics associated with Russia — and there's growing concern the U.S. isn't doing enough to respond. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

U.S. sees China propaganda efforts becoming more like Russia’s

By Nomaan Merchant and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Cold War between America and China Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

We’ve entered a new Cold War with China

By Joseph R. DeTrani

Residents wait to cross a road near members of the Chaoyang militia on duty in Beijing, Monday, March 6, 2023. Chinese economic officials expressed confidence Monday they can meet this year's growth target of "around 5%" by generating 12 million new jobs and encouraging consumer spending following the end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Biden administration to relax COVID testing rules for travelers from China

By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller - Associated Press

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen delivers a speech during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy set to meet Taiwan leader in California: Report

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Illustration on technology competition between America with Communist China by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Battle for innovation will decide 21st-century cold war between U.S. and China

By Erik Berdy

Illustration on world currency by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Russia and China may try using their natural resources to back their money

By Richard W. Rahn

Members of civic groups shout slogans during a rally against the South Korean government's announcement of a plan over the issue of compensation for forced labors, in front of the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 6, 2023. South Korea on Monday announced a contentious plan to raise local civilian funds to compensate Koreans who won damages in lawsuits against Japanese companies that enslaved them during Tokyo's 35-year colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. A banner reads "Discards humiliating solution to forced labor issue." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korea reveals plan to heal long rift with Tokyo over forced labor

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

The Hollywood sign is pictured on Sept. 29, 2022, in Los Angeles. The Hollywood sign is getting a makeover befitting its status as a Tinseltown icon. After a pressure wash and some rust removal, workers this week began using 250 gallons of primer and white paint to spruce up the sign ahead of its centennial next year. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Tinseltown turncoats: How Hollywood is using American films to push Chinese propaganda

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

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)

China risks losing top trade status with U.S.

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, welcomes European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, for a meeting as part of a two-day closed meeting of the German government at Meseberg palace in Gransee near Berlin, Germany, Sunday, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Scholz: ‘Consequences’ if China sends arms to Russia

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Illustration on the need to investigate the source of COVID-19 by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

COVID-19 ‘conspiracy theories’ turned out to be true

By Robert Knight

Chinese paramilitary policemen march across Tiananmen Square near the Great Hall of the People where the annual Congress will be held in Beijing, Saturday, March 4, 2023. Increases in China's defense budget have been "appropriate and reasonable" and are aimed at meeting "complex security challenges," a spokesperson for the country's rubber-stamp parliament said Saturday. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China: Defense boost to meet ‘complex security challenges’

Associated Press

A worker in protectively overalls and carrying disinfecting equipment walks outside the Wuhan Central Hospital, China on Feb. 6, 2021. Experts drafted by the World Health Organization to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic say further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began. They say they need a more detailed analysis of the possibility it was a laboratory accident. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Trump wants China to pay for trillions of dollars in damages from COVID-19

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning speaks during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, Friday, March 3, 2023. China accused Washington on Friday of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng)

China accuses U.S. of attacking companies after export curbs

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meet on the sidelines of the G-7 summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, on June 28, 2022. Scholz is visiting the White House on Friday, March 3, 2023, to meet with Biden. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden, Scholz to discuss China, tanks for Ukraine at White House

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Supply chain and economic independence from China illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Good policies, good allies needed to confront China

By Daniel N. Hoffman

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)

G-20 talks end in India without consensus on Ukraine war

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

U.S. Army Pacific commander Gen. Charles Flynn poses for a photograph after an interview with The Associated Press Friday, March 25, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa) ** FILE **

Army secretary, top general push for bigger role as China tensions surge

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Taiwan's F-16 fighter jets fly in close formation over President Office during National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Building in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 10, 2021. The U.S. has approved more arms sales to Taiwan, including $619 million worth of munitions for F-16 fighter jets, in a decision likely to be yet another point of friction between the U.S. and China, which claims the island as its own territory. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)

U.S. approves selling Taiwan munitions worth $619 million

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

In this file photo, security personnel gather near the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

China reacts angrily to Wray’s COVID lab-leak comments, revives Fort Detrick claim

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times