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  • Illustration China in Afghanistan by John Camejo for The Washington Times

    PANTUCCI AND PETERSEN: China in Afghanistan

    On Sept. 23, a top Chinese security official and Politburo member, Zhou Yongkang, made a surprise four-hour visit to Kabul during which time he reportedly met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.


  • ** FILE ** Rep. Christopher H. Smith (Associated Press)

    Congressional report hits Chinese trade practices

    China has done nothing to end trade practices that favor Chinese enterprises at the expense of U.S. workers and businesses, a report by a congressional commission says.


  • Beijing to give clearer indication of air quality

    Beijing authorities have completed a network of monitors that will more accurately measure air quality in the smog-ridden city after being pushed into it by public pressure and pollution reports from the U.S. embassy.


  • Beijing to more accurately monitor air quality

    Beijing authorities have completed a network of monitors that will more accurately measure air quality in the smog-ridden city after being pushed into it by public pressure and pollution reports from the U.S. embassy.


  • Get Out: ‘Ai Weiwei: According to What?'

    Ai Weiwei, China's most famous artist and dissident, was scheduled to be in Washington for the Oct. 7 opening of the first North American survey of his work at the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden. Unfortunately, it's unlikely he will make the trip since, as of this writing, Chinese authorities are still holding his passport following his 2011 arrest and 81-day detention.


  • Illustration: China by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

    TRIPLETT: On China’s many atrocities

    It just so happens that both the United States and China will be engaged in leadership decisions this fall. In the case of the United States, after a full discussion of the issues, the American people will elect a new president or re-elect the incumbent. The American president will become (or remain) the leader of the alliance of democratic nations.


  • **FILE** Wang Lijun, then the police chief of Chongqing, China, speaks during a press conference in October 2008. (Associated Press)

    Ex-police chief in China scandal sought U.S. asylum

    The ex-police chief at the center of China's seamy political scandal asked U.S. diplomats for asylum after he covered up a murder for the wife of the Communist Party boss but then grew estranged and feared for his life, the Chinese government said Wednesday.


  • Mei Xiang, the female giant panda at the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo in Washington, eats breakfast in December 2001.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

    Panda cub born at the National Zoo

    A baby panda born Sunday night at the Smithsonian National Zoo delighted zoo officials, biologists and visitors to the park on Monday.


  • House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (top center), Michigan Republican, and the committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger (left), Maryland Democrat, question executives of two major Chinese technology companies Sept. 13, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington as lawmakers probe whether China's fast-growing expansion in the U.S. hi-tech market pose a threat to national security. (Associated Press)

    Chinese tech equipment vulnerable to spies, says congressional panel

    Equipment made by China's two leading telecom companies and used in many global communication networks has unusual and unexplained features which could expose them to cyberattack, including by Chinese intelligence agencies, congressional leaders said Thursday.


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