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A Chinese national flag flutters against the office buildings in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) **FILE**

China rapidly expanding military assets in South China Sea, admiral says

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Army vehicles roll down during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chad Sbragia warns Xi Jinping, China military buildup threatens U.S.

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Then-Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is interviewed in his Pentagon office, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Ash Carter, former Obama defense secretary: Google ‘has a duty to this country’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The Navy's guided missile destroyer USS Decatur was operating in the South China Sea as part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group when a Chinese destroyer came aggressively close, forcing the U.S. ship to maneuver to prevent a collision. The Chinese warship approached the USS Decatur in an "unsafe and unprofessional maneuver," said Lt. Cmdr. Tim Gorman, spokesman for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. (Associated Press)

U.S.-China warship confrontation

By Bill Gertz

China's President Xi Jinping takes his seat for the first closed session of the BRICS summit, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, July 26, 2018. The five leaders of the BRICS emerging economies have gathered in South Africa for an annual summit where the United States is being criticized for escalating tariffs on foreign goods. (Mike Hutchings/Pool Photo via AP) ** FILE **

China ‘likely training for strikes against U.S.,’ Pentagon warns

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

"Today we are the most powerful military in the world and find ourselves in a competition among great powers," said Secretary of Defense James N. Mattis. This week he issued a memorandum to the military that emphasized the need for discipline and lethality. "We must have better individual and unit discipline than our enemies," Mr. Mattis said. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: China’s Ukrainian jet engines

By Bill Gertz

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, listens to China's Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang during a meeting at the Bayi Building in Beijing Thursday, June 28, 2018. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

Chinese general, close ally of president, faces off with Mattis on Beijing visit

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

In this image taken from video, Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects troops of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Sunday, July 30, 2017 during a military parade to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the PLA on Aug. 1 at Zhurihe training base in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (CCTV via AP Video)

Chinese president oversees military parade in show of might

By GERRY SHIH - Associated Press

A Rand Corp. report on China's military made public this week identifies key military capabilities, including drones, hypersonic glide vehicles, stealth jets, aircraft carriers and long-range ballistic and cruise missiles. (Associated Press)

China upgrades force projection doctrine

By Bill Gertz

Inside China: Beijing may join Russia in war against Islamic State

The Washington Times

China is said to be concerned that the Islamic State is moving into western China, specifically Xinjiang province, where Muslim Uighurs in the past have joined Islamist terrorist groups. (Associated Press/File)

Inside the Ring: China may join Russia in war against Islamic State

By Bill Gertz

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, talks with former Chinese President Jian Zemin during a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate, in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Inside the Ring: Summit to seek expanded China military ties

By Bill Gertz

Inside the Ring: NSA pinpoints China’s cyberattacks

By Bill Gertz

In this Aug. 28, 2014 photo, people ride Jet Ski near a Chinese Guided Missile Frigate Hengshui docked at a port in Yalong Bay in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. China’s military on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 compared its controversial island reclamation project in the South China Sea to ordinary construction going on in other parts of the country, such as the building of roads and apartments. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s army plays down South China Sea island-building

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Illustrtation on the need for a U.S.response to China's world strategy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

JAMES LYONS, RICHARD FISHER: The military threat from China

By James A. Lyons and Richard D. Fisher Jr.

William A. Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council President. CSPAN

Inside the Ring: William Reinsch says China is ‘dangerous’

By Bill Gertz

China shows a mock up of a next generation attack submarine at a military university. (International Assessment and Strategy Center)

China flexes muscle with live-fire show of battle tanks, attack helicopters

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Chinese submarine on the ocean surface. (credit: AsiaNews)

China invests in nuclear submarines

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

China’s top brass in show of support for president

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and China's President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands before their bilateral meeting at the G-20 Summit, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013 in St. Petersburg, Russia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Inside the Ring: China driving U.S. out of Asia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times