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Pope Francis cheers at the participants as he arrives to preside over a mass at the Steppe Arena in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, Sept. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Vatican extends deal allowing Communist China a say in picking bishops

By Emma Ayers - The Washington Times

Leaders and invited guests stand as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives for a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China marks 75 years of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger

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A view of the Central Business District in Beijing, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China redoubles first-aid for its economy with support for banks and workers

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

A Chinese restaurant worker smoke outside a restaurant in Beijing, Sunday, July, 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

China’s top leaders vow to support consumers and improve confidence in its slowing economy

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Vietnamese President To Lam speaks during a press briefing with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on June 20, 2024. To Lam on Thursday, July 18, 2024, became the caretaker of the Communist Party because of party chief Nguyen Phu Trong's poor health, the party said in a statement. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool, File)

Vietnam’s President To Lam becomes caretaker of Communist Party while chief Trong focuses on health

By Aniruddha Ghosal - Associated Press

A women looks at her phone while walking in front of a billboard showing a picture of the Forbidden City at a subway station in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

China Communist Party policy meeting endorses leader Xi’s high-tech vision for economy

By Ken Moritsugu and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

A man transporting recycle item pass by the Drum Tower at Gulou East Street in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. China's ruling Communist Party is starting a four-day meeting Monday that is expected to lay out a strategy for self-sufficient economic growth in an era of heightened national security concerns and restrictions on access to American technology. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

China’s Communist Party charts technology- and security-focused development for reviving the economy

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

Newly elected Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli is being sworn by President Ram Prasad Poudel, unseen, at the presidential residence in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, July 15, 2024. Khadga Prasad Oli, the leader of Nepal’s largest communist party, was named prime minister on Sunday following the collapse of a previous coalition government. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s new prime minister has taken the oath of office at a ceremony in Kathmandu

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

A policeman stands guard near a closed road leading to the Jingxi Hotel where the Communist Party's Central Committee is holding its third plenum in Beijing, Monday, July 15, 2024. China's ruling Communist Party is starting a four-day meeting on Monday, July 15, 2024, that is expected to lay out a strategy for self-sufficient economic growth in an era of heightened national security concerns and restrictions on access to American technology. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s Communist Party will signal its approach to the country’s challenges at a meeting this week

By Ken Moritsugu and Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Nepalese Prime Minister Khadga Prassad Oli attends a signing of peace agreement in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, March 5, 2021. Oil, the leader of the Nepal's largest communist party, was named the Himalayan nation's new prime minister on Sunday, July 14, 2024, following the collapse of a previous coalition government. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)

The leader of Nepal’s largest communist party has been named the country’s new prime minister

By Binaj Gurubacharya - Associated Press

Chinese Communist Party and TikTok in U.S. illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Attack TikTok, cut its Chinese Communist Party ties

By Clifford D. May

A young couple walk by a construction site near office buildings in the Central Business District in Beijing on March 2, 2024. China's efforts to restore confidence and rev up the economy will top the agenda during this month’s meeting of the ceremonial national legislature.(AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China seeks ways to revive slowing economy and salvage property market as annual congress convenes

By Dake Kang and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

FILE - Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee adjusts his glasses during a Q&A session for a lunch meeting of the 11th World Peace Forum at a hotel in Beijing, Sunday, July 2, 2023. The person who has gotten the most attention as a possible successor for the foreign minister role is Liu Jianchao, a Communist Party official who is a former Foreign Ministry spokesperson and ambassador to the Philippines and Indonesia. He has made several overseas trips in recent months including to Africa, Europe, Australia and the U.S., increasing speculation that he is the leading candidate.(AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Economic woes dominate as China’s legislature gets set to meet

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Protesters hold up blank pieces of paper and chant slogans as they march to protest strict anti-virus measures in Beijing, Nov. 27, 2022. Thousands of people demonstrated across China in what came to be called the White Paper movement, after the blank sheets of paper protesters used to represent the country's strict censorship controls. One year later, China has all but forgotten the protests. The state reacted quickly, breaking up the marches with arrests and threats and ending COVID-19 controls. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

U.S. urged to do more to counter China’s growing censorship system

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Visitors burn incense as they pray on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday at the Lama Temple in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China emerged from ‘zero-COVID’ in 2023 to confront new challenges in a changed world

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

Newly elected Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu takes his oath during a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 12, 2023. China has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li, who has been out of public view for almost two months with little explanation, state media reported Tuesday, Oct. 24. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Loyalty above all: Removal of top Chinese officials seen as enforcing Xi’s demand for obedience

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

China's President Xi Jinping arrives at the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Gianluigi Guercia/Pool via AP) **FILE**

China purges based on Maoist-Stalinist ideology

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

In this photo released by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, meets with Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi in Beijing, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China via AP)

China’s Xi tells Kissinger that China-U.S. ties are at a crossroads, and stability is still possible

Associated Press

A historical marker dedicated to Elizabeth Gurley Flynn stands in Concord, New Hampshire, May 5, 2023. She was born in the city and became a labor activist who later joined the Communist Party and was sent to prison. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is calling for a review of the state's historical marker program after two government officials objected to Flynn's marker. (Kathy McCormack via AP)

Historical marker dedicated to feminist, Communist Party leader removed in New Hampshire

By Holly Ramer - Associated Press

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