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FILE - In this June 4, 2021, file photo, a television shows a broadcast of a Chinese talk show program as it sits beneath a photo of Chinese President Xi Jinping in a home converted into a tourist homestay in Zhaxigang village near Nyingchi in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region. China's government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 to promote &quot;revolutionary culture,&quot; broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce official morality. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint near the US embassy that was previously manned by American troops, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. The Taliban declared an &quot;amnesty&quot; across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, seeking to convince a wary population that they have changed a day after deadly chaos gripped the main airport as desperate crowds tried to flee the country. (AP Photo)

China emerging as a strategic winner in U.S. rout in Afghanistan

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, waves next to former President Hu Jintao, right, during a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing Thursday, July 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ** FILE **

Chinese regime used U.S. to strengthen neo-totalitarianism, former Communist Party insider says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The Chinese flag flies at a plaza near the Potala Palace in Lhasa in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Tuesday, June 1, 2021, as seen during a government organized visit for foreign journalists. High-pressure tactics employed by China's ruling Communist Party appear to be finding success in separating Tibetans from their traditional Buddhist culture and the influence of the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China offers glimpse of Tibetan life without the Dalai Lama

By Sam McNeil - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2011 file photo, Fidel Castro, left, raises the hand of his brother President Raul Castro as they sing the international socialism anthem during the 6th Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba. For most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother, but for the past decade, it’s Raul who's been the face of communist Cuba. On Friday, April 16, 2021, Raul Castro formally announced he'd step down as head of the Communist Party, leaving Cuba without a Castro in an official position of command for the first time in more than six decades. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

Raul Castro, long a sidekick, finally the face of his nation

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

In this April 16, 2016, file photo, Cuba's President Raul Castro addresses the Cuban Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba. The VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, between April 16 and 19, 2021, could go down in history as the last with a member of the Castro family at the head, if Raul Castro fulfills his announcement to say goodbye as secretary-general. (Ismael Francisco/Cubadebate via AP File)

Raul Castro, long a sidekick, finally the face of his nation

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ - Associated Press

Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party and former president, attends the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba's opening session, at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via AP)

Raul Castro resigns as Communist chief, ending era in Cuba

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ - Associated Press

Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party and former president, waves to members at the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba's opening session, as Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, applauds at the Convention Palace, in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via AP)

Raul Castro confirms he’s resigning, ending long era in Cuba

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In this June 5, 2019, file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Putin and Xi have developed strong personal ties helping bolster a “strategic partnership” between the two former Communist rivals. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Leaders of Russia and China tighten their grips, grow closer

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 26, 2021, file photo, a man carrying an umbrella walks past an H&amp;M clothing store at a shopping mall in Beijing. Chinese regulators on Friday, April 2, 2021, said H&amp;M has agreed to change a “problem map” online following government criticism, adding to pressure on the Swedish retailer amid a conflict with Western governments over Chinese policies in its Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China says H&M changed online map after criticism

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FILE - In this file image made from March 28, 2018, video, Michael Kovrig, an adviser with the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based non-governmental organization, speaks during an interview in Hong Kong. A Communist Party newspaper says China will soon begin trials for two Canadians, Kovrig and Michael Spavor, who were arrested in December 2018 in apparent retaliation for Canada’s detention of a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies. (AP Photo, File)

Newspaper: China to soon try 2 Canadians on spying charges

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Premier Li Keqiang talk after the closing session of the National People's Congress (NPC), at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, Thursday, March 11, 2021. China’s ceremonial legislature has endorsed the ruling Communist Party’s latest move to tighten control over Hong Kong by reducing the role of its public in picking the territory’s leaders.(Roman Pilipey/Pool Photo via AP)

China legislature endorses reducing public vote in Hong Kong

By JOE McDONALD and KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on large screens during the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday, March 5, 2021. The catchword “rejuvenation” has been tucked into the major speeches at China's biggest political event of the year, the meeting of its 3,000-member legislature. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

ANALYSIS: Communist Party seeking China’s ‘rejuvenation’

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a remote video press conference held on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Sunday, March 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

EXPLAINER: What’s happened so far at China’s annual congress

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China, looking post-virus, to push tech autonomy at Congress

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

Sen. Marco Rubio spent much of the day tweeting about 20 videos of protests against the communist dictatorship, and then he noted that President Biden had been maintaining radio silence. (Associated Press/File)

Joe Biden ends Confucius Institute disclosures

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

The icon for the social media app Clubhouse is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Chinese authorities are blocking access to Clubhouse, a social media app that allowed users in China to discuss sensitive topics with people abroad including Taiwan and treatment of the country’s Muslim minority. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China blocks Clubhouse, app used for political discussion

By JOE McDONALD and DAKE KANG - Associated Press

FILE- In this Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 file photo, people wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, walk past the CCTV Headquarters building, the home of Chinese state-run television network CCTV and its overseas arm CGTN, in Beijing. The U.K. has stripped China's state-owned TV channel of its broadcasting license in the country, after an investigation found the license holder lacked editorial control and had links to China's ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

China threatens retaliation over UK TV license cancellation

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A newsstand vendor looks through his display near a magazine with a cover depicting U.S. President Joe Biden near U.S. and Chinese flags in Beijing on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. As a new U.S. president takes office, he faces a determined Chinese leadership that could be further emboldened by America's troubles at home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Analysis: Biden faces a more confident China after US chaos

By KEN MORITSUGU - Associated Press

Passengers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus line up at a boarding gate at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. China is seeing a new surge in coronavirus cases in its frozen northeast as a World Health Organization team was due to arrive to probe the origins of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

WHO team arrives in Wuhan to investigate pandemic origins

By SAM McNEIL and HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press