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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2013 file photo, scholar of China's Turkic Uighur ethnic minority, Ilham Tohti speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing, China. European Parliament President David Sassoli, announced the winner of the Sakharov Prize, its top human rights prize, Thursday Oct. 24, 2019, awarded to economist Ilham Tohti for his work defending China's Uyghur minority, and urged Beijing to release him from jail. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, FILE)

EU awards top human rights prize to Uighur activist

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

In this June 25, 2018, file photo Charles Barkley arrives for the NBA Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Barkley was honored in Philadelphia when he received the Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award at Temple University on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Charles Barkley tells VP Mike Pence to ‘shut the hell up’ about NBA-China feud

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Hong Kong protesters drap the Estelada Catalan flags in support of demonstrators in Spain's Catalonia region during a rally in Hong Kong on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Organizers billed the Thursday night event as a show of solidarity for the Catalan movement, which was sparked by fury over lengthy prison sentences for leaders of the region's separatist movement. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong protesters rally in support of Catalan movement

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

As China builds up Africa, some in Uganda warn of trouble

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

In this April 18, 2017, file photo, former NBA basketball player Shaquille O'Neal sits off-set on a break from taping a commercial in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Shaquille O’Neal on NBA-China tensions: ‘Daryl Morey was right’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

China Threat to Taiwan Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Will China swallow up Taiwan?

By Ross Terrill

In this Jan. 14, 2019, photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Wu Yanhua, center, vice chairman of the China National Space Administration speaks during a press conference on Chang'e-4 mission, at the State Council Information Office in Beijing. China is accusing the U.S. of having &quot;weaponized&quot; visa issuance following the reported inability of a top Chinese space program official to obtain permission to travel to a key conference in Washington. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters Wednesday, Oct. 23 that the head of the Chinese delegation to the International Astronautical Congress wasn't able to obtain a visa, making it difficult for Chinese representatives to attend important events at the meeting. (Jin Liwang/Xinhua via AP)

China says US has ‘weaponized’ visas to target exchanges

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Chan Tong-kai, center, talks to the media as he is released from prison in Hong Kong Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Chan, who's wanted for killing his girlfriend last year on the self-ruled island, had asked the Hong Kong government for help turning himself in to Taiwan after his sentence for money laundering offenses ends on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Q&A: How a woman’s death got tangled in Hong Kong politics

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2019, file photo Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee in Washington. The Federal Reserve finds itself in an unusually delicate spot as it considers how much more to try to stimulate an economy that’s still growing and adding jobs but also appears vulnerable. As it considers a potential interest rate cut at its meeting next week, a string of complicated questions is clouding the Fed’s outlook. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Uncertainties escalate for Fed as it weighs another rate cut

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER - Associated Press

A fan wears a T-shirt handed out by Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters at the season opener between the Pelicans and the Raptors in Toronto on Tuesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

NBA fans defy China, cheer Hong Kong as regular season tips off

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A Chinese investor uses a computer terminal as he monitors stock prices at a brokerage house in Beijing, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

China passes U.S. to become country with the most wealthy people: Report

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 28, 2019 file photo, Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for the Taliban's political office in Doha, speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia. The Taliban said Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, that a fresh round of intra-Afghan peace talks is to be held in China next week. The announcement raises hopes for renewed negotiations, even as violence surges in Afghanistan’s 18-year war. Shaheen said Tuesday that the talks are planned for Oct. 28 and 29. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Taliban say new intra-Afghan peace talks to be held in China

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

China seeks $2.4 billion in penalties against US at WTO

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In perhaps its largest action, the Justice Department hit the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei with a slew of charges, including stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile. (Associated Press/File)

U.S. prosecutes more Chinese on intellectual property theft charges

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2019, file photo, the character Everest from the film &quot;Abominable&quot; appears on the red carpet on day three of the Toronto International Film Festival at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. The animated movie &quot;Abominable&quot; will skip Malaysian theaters after producers decided against cutting out a scene showing a map supporting Chinese claims to the disputed South China Sea. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, Japanese Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by Empress Masako, walks to deliver his remarks during a memorial ceremony for the war dead at Nippon Budokan Martial Arts Hall in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan set to celebrate Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe delivers his opening speech for the Xiangshan Forum, a gathering of the region's security officials, in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Wei issued a stinging rebuke of the U.S. at a defense forum in Beijing, saying China wasn't fazed by sanctions, pressure and a &quot;big stick policy.&quot; (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China issues stinging rebuke of US at Beijing defense forum

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

Prosecutors: Trade war opens doors For Mexican drug cartels

By CONRAD WILSON - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James in action during a match against Brooklyn Nets at the NBA China Games 2019 in Shenzhen in south China's Guangdong province on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 (Color China Photo via AP) **FILE**

LeBron James needs to be educated about China and evils of communism

By Rebecca Hagelin