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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian gestures during a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing on July 6, 2022. The United States is “the biggest threat to world peace, stability and development,&quot; China said Thursday, July 7, continuing its sharp rhetoric in response to U.S. accusations of Chinese spying and threats to the international order. (AP Photo/Liu Zheng, File)

China lashes out at U.S., British intelligence services

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FILE - Marion Koopmans, right, and Peter Ben Embarek, center, of the World Health Organization team say farewell to their Chinese counterpart Liang Wannian, left, after a WHO-China Joint Study Press Conference at the end of the WHO mission in Wuhan, China on Feb. 9, 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)

China calls COVID ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report

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A police officer patrols outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. China on Wednesday expressed “serious concerns and dissatisfaction” with the United States over reports of an internal State Department request to allow the departure of diplomats and their families from China amid tightening anti-pandemic measures. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China blasts U.S. over reports of withdrawing diplomatic staff

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Workers wearing masks stand near missiles produced by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp.displayed during the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021 on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province. China on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 criticized Washington for imposing sanctions on Chinese companies the U.S. says exported missile technology and accused the United States of hypocrisy for selling nuclear-capable cruise missiles. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China criticizes US missile sanctions as hypocrisy

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In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Beijing calls new U.S.-U.K.-Australian alliance ‘irresponsible’

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks by the Microsoft office building in Beijing, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. The Biden administration and Western allies formally blamed China on Monday for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyber operations. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China rejects hacking charges, accuses U.S. of cyberspying

By Joe McDonald - Associated Press

Visitors wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk by a statue featuring Winter Olympics figure skating on display at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Sunday, May 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ** FILE **

‘Shameless lies:’ China bashes Pelosi after call for Beijing Olympics diplomatic boycott

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Jessica Lang pauses and places her hand on the door in a moment of grief after dropping off flowers with her daughter Summer at Youngs Asian Massage parlor where four people were killed, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Acworth, Ga. At least eight people were found dead at three different spas in the Atlanta area Tuesday by suspected shooter Robert Aaron Long. Lang, a local resident who lives nearby, said she knew one of the victims. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

China ‘deeply concerned’ about anti-Asian violence in US

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FILE - This Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, shows the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation sign on their offices at White City in London. China has banned the BBC World News television channel from the few outlets where it could be seen in the country in possible retaliation after British regulators revoked the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

China blasts BBC report after summoning UK ambassador

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP)

China relents, will admit WHO team probing virus origins

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2020, file photo, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison reviews an honor guard during a ceremony ahead of a meeting at Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's official residence in Tokyo. Morrison said Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, a tweet by a Chinese official which shows a fake image of an Australian soldier appearing to slit a child's throat is “truly repugnant.&quot; (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Australian leader calls China’s graphic tweet ‘repugnant’

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 10, 2019, file photo, an American flag flies in front of the facade of Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems facility, in Woburn, Mass. China's government said Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, it will impose sanctions on U.S. military contractors including Boeing Co.'s defense unit and Lockheed Martin Corp. for supplying weapons to rival Taiwan, stepping up a feud with Washington over security and Beijing's strategic ambitions. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Spokesman: China to sanction US arms suppliers to Taiwan

By JOE McDONALD - Associated Press

The standard and uniform of the former British Governors of Hong Kong, are displayed at the exhibition &quot;The Hong Kong Story&quot; in the Hong Kong Museum of History, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020. The exhibition &quot;The Hong Kong Story&quot; will be temporarily closed from 19 Oct 2020 for an extensive revamp. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

China may not recognize British-issued Hong Kong passports

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China defends Confucius Institutes now under fire from US

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China alleges Australia raided homes of Chinese reporters

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Journalists for US media face possible expulsion from China

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China rejects prospect of joining arms control talks with US

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China sends warning to India amid border clash fallout

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, file photo, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian gestures as he speaks during a daily briefing at his ministry in Beijing. China has demanded staff and business information from four U.S. media companies including The Associated Press in what it called a necessary response to similar demands by Washington on Chinese state-controlled news outlets. Lijian announced Wednesday, July 1, 2020, that AP, United Press International, CBS and National Public Radio had seven days to file declarations regarding their staff, financial operations, real estate ownership and other matters. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China demands info from 4 media companies in response to US

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China warns of visa bans on Americans over Hong Kong

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