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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, shakes hands with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 9, 2022. In his comments at a security conference in Munich, Germany, Blinken said the United States has long been concerned that China would provide weapons to Russia and that “we have information that gives us concern that they are considering providing lethal support to Russia in the war against Ukraine.” That came a day after Blinken held talks with Wang in a meeting that offered little sign of a reduction in tensions or progress on the Ukraine issue. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP, File)

China dismisses Biden statement on a coming thaw in U.S.-China relations

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A Chinese paramilitary policemen stands guard outside the Swedish embassy during the opening ceremony for Diversity Week in Beijing, Friday, May 12, 2023. On Monday, May 15, 2023, the advocacy group the Beijing LGBT Center became the latest organization to close under a crackdown by Chinese leader Xi Jinping's government. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Beijing LGBT Center shuttered as crackdown grows in China

By Huizhong Wu - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, greets China's Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, center, as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu stands near at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese minister’s tour underscores closer ties with Russia

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks at the National Palace in Mexico City, Jan. 10, 2023. Lopez Obrador asked his Chinese counterpart for help Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in halting chemicals from China used by Mexican drug dealers to illegally produce fentanyl. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) **FILE**

Mexico complains to China about U.S. pressure over fentanyl

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A Ukrainian Mi-24 attack helicopter releases flares after an attack on Russian positions during a combat mission in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, March 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Blinken warns of ‘Pandora’s box’ if Ukraine support falters

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A worker in protective gear collects a sample from a resident at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Nov. 29, 2022. China's sudden reopening after two years holding to a "zero-COVID" strategy left older people vulnerable and hospitals and pharmacies unprepared during the season when the virus spreads most easily, leading to many avoidable deaths, The Associated Press has found. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

By Dake Kang - Associated Press

Illustration on China's growing influence by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

China’s growing worldwide influence has set off alarm bells, but is anyone listening?

By Tom Jurkowsky

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, arrives at a church in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, in Ukraine, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.(Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

Dueling summits as Kishida makes surprise Kyiv trip in midst of Xi-Putin talks

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 20, 2023. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin, Xi send chilly words to Western world; Chinese leader offers lifeline as Ukraine war churns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter a hall for talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, June 5, 2019. The Chinese government said Xi would visit Moscow from March 20 to March 22, 2023, but gave no indication when he departed. The Russian government said Xi was due to arrive at midday and meet later with Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

China’s Xi meeting Putin in boost for isolated Russia leader

By Emily Wang Fujiyama and Joe McDonald - Associated Press

This combination photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 16, 2022, and China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2019. China says Xi will visit Russia from Monday, March 10, 2023, to Wednesday in an apparent show of support for Putin. (Sergei Bobylev, Noel Celis/Pool Photos via AP, File)

China’s Xi to visit Putin amid Beijing’s bolder global role

By Karl Ritter - Associated Press

China's President Xi Jinping claps as he listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin via a video link, from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2019. China said Friday, March 17, 2023, President Xi will visit Russia from Monday, March 20, to Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in an apparent show of support for Russian President Putin. (Noel Celis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

China’s coming ‘Global Civilization’ is evil cloaked in good

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on the alliance of Russia and China by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

China is not invincible, nor is its path to dominance preordained

By Robert Wilkie

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Feb. 14, 2023. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP, File)

China’s Xi wants bigger global role after Saudi-Iran deal

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

A view of the P4 lab inside the Wuhan Institute of Virology is seen after a visit by the World Health Organization team in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. The House voted unanimously Friday, March 10, 2023, to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19. The order to declassify focused on intelligence related to China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, citing “potential links” between the research that was done there and the outbreak of COVID-19, which the WHO declared a pandemic in March 2020. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Congress shows seismic shift on Wuhan lab likely causing the pandemic

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China’s Xi Jinping extends rule with unprecedented third term as president

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang waves as he arrives for a press conference held on the sidelines of the annual meeting of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Chinese foreign minister warns U.S. policies pushing countries toward war

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Navy intel chief warns the U.S. is naive about threat from China

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves at an event to introduce new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China held Taiwan war council in October, general’s memo reveals

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during The United States Conference of Mayors, Jan. 18, 2023, in Washington. Blinken will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank this weekend in his first trip to the Middle East this year. It comes amid an escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence, U.S. concerns over the direction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government and ongoing issues with Egypt’s human rights record. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

Taiwan, North Korea and other tricky issues loom over Blinken’s China trip

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times