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Bao Tong, aide to the late reform-minded former Communist Party general secretary, Zhao Ziyang, speaks at his home in Beijing on April 23, 2014. Bao Tong, a leading voice for political reform in the Chinese Communist Party who was purged after the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022 at age 90. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Bao Tong, prominent Chinese liberal voice, dies at 90

BEIJING (AP) — Bao Tong, a leading voice for political reform in the Chinese Communist Party who was purged after the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, has died at age 90.

FILE - President Joe Biden meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2021. Biden's administration is taking stock of a newly empowered Xi Jinping as the Chinese president begins a third, norm-breaking five-year term as Communist Party leader. With U.S.-Chinese relations already fraught, concerns are growing in Washington that more difficult days may still lay ahead. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden faces ‘unpredictable’ era with China’s empowered Xi

Wang Zhi'an speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tokyo on Oct. 5, 2022. Chinese investigative journalist Wang once exposed corruption, land seizures, and medical malpractice for state broadcaster CCTV. Today, he's in exile in Japan, and starting again as an independent journalist on YouTube. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Fleeing Xi’s China, journalist makes fresh start abroad

Spokesperson Sun Yeli is seen on a video screen as he speaks via video link during a press conference held on the eve of the opening session of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. At a two-hour news conference Saturday, the congress' spokesperson Sun Yeli reaffirmed the government's commitment to its "zero-COVID" policy, despite the economic costs, and repeated its threat to use force to annex self-governing Taiwan. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China expected to grant Xi 5 more years, no major changes

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a member of the Chinese honor guard unfurls the Chinese national flag during a flag raising ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China held at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua via AP)

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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a member of the Chinese honor guard unfurls the Chinese national flag during a flag raising ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China held at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (Chen Zhonghao/Xinhua via AP)

Hong Kong leader promises revival on China’s National Day

BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader promised Saturday to revive its struggling economy following a campaign to crush a pro-democracy movement as China’s ruling Communist Party marked its 73rd anniversary in power under strict anti-virus controls.

Residents cover up with umbrellas near a blue sky with wispy clouds during a hot day, Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Beijing. A heat wave is sweeping through parts of China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China opens former air raid shelters amid heat wave

BEIJING (AP) — High temperatures have prompted cites in eastern China to open former air raid shelters as a relief from the heat.

A paramilitary police officer wearing a face mask marches past a decoration for the Beijing Winter Olympics Games in front of the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Jan. 20, 2022. The just-concluded Winter Olympics weren’t China's big event of the year, internally, at least. For the Communist Party, that comes this fall at a major meeting that will likely cement Xi Jinping's position as one of the nation's most powerful leaders in its seven decades of Communist rule. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

For Chinese leaders, Olympics weren’t 2022’s big-ticket item

The just-concluded Winter Olympics aren’t China’s big event of the year. For the Communist Party, that comes this fall at a major meeting that will likely cement Xi Jinping’s position as one of the nation’s most powerful leaders in its seven decades of Communist rule.

The Badaling section of the Great Wall of China is framed by the Olympic Rings on the outskirts of Beijing, China, on Feb. 8, 2022. China has thousands of years of doing things in a really big way, reinforcing its perceived place in the world and the political power of its leaders — from emperors to Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping. None of this bigness is new. It goes back to a dozen dynasties that ruled China for thousands of years, a tradition of projecting power that was adopted by the Chinese Communist Party when it came to power in 1949. It could be termed simply: big, bigger and biggest — and then some. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Home of the huge: China has long history of going really big

Beijing’s Winter Olympics remind us of how everything in China is big, bigger — and even bigger. Think of famous landmarks like Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Three Gorges Dam, and dozens of high-end malls in Beijing.

FILE - Copies of the book on the governance of Chinese President Xi Jinping are displayed with booklets promoting Xinjiang during a news conference by Shohrat Zakir, chairman of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, at the State Council Information Office in Beijing on July 30, 2019. As the Chinese government tightened its grip over its ethnic Uyghur population, it sentenced one man to death and three others to life in prison in 2021 for textbooks drawn in part from historical resistance movements that had once been sanctioned by the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

A Uyghur gets death sentence, as China bans once OK’d books

As the Chinese government tightened its grip over its ethnic Uyghur population, it sentenced one man to death and three others to life in prison last year for textbooks drawn in part from historical resistance movements that had once been sanctioned by the ruling Communist Party.

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping attends an event commemorating the 110th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 9, 2021. China was one of the biggest stories of 2021. Top stories included its human rights records in the Xinjiang region, Tibet and Hong Kong, as it prepares to host the 2022 Winter Olympics; and the questions about how it would wield its economic power in a delicately balanced world. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

2021 Notebook: China a huge 2021 story, with Olympics ahead

China was one of the biggest stories of 2021. Top stories included its plans to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in the face of criticism about its human rights records in the Xinjiang region, Tibet and Hong Kong.

A worker folds a flag near a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag outside the Museum of the Communist Party of China here in Beijing, China, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Chinese leader Xi Jinping emerges from a party conclave this week not only more firmly ensconced in power than ever, but also with a stronger ideological and theoretical grasp on the ruling Communist Party's past, present and future. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

EXPLAINER: How power and ideology define Xi’s rise in China

Chinese leader Xi Jinping emerges from a party conclave this week not only more firmly ensconced in power than ever, but also with a stronger ideological and theoretical grasp on the ruling Communist Party’s past, present and future.

A woman wearing a face mask walks past near a money exchange office in downtown Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Friday after Wall Street benchmarks managed to close mostly higher. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Asian shares open higher after modest gains on Wall St

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks managed to close mostly higher. Stocks advanced in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney in early trading.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at an event commemorating the 110th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 9, 2021. Xi appears to be laying the foundation for a third term as the all-powerful Communist Party meets in Beijing. The official Xinhua News Agency said president and party General Secretary Xi issued a a draft resolution on the party's "major achievements and historical experience" at the Central Committee's plenary session that opened on Monday, Nov. 8. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s Xi lays way for third term in power at party meeting

China’s leader Xi Jinping appears to be laying the foundation for a third term in power as top officials from the all-powerful Communist Party meet in Beijing this week.

Fatemeh Rezaei, a retired teacher, stands next to Marilyn Monroe portrait by American artist Andy Warhol at Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Iranians are flocking to Tehran's contemporary art museum to marvel at American pop artist Andy Warhol’s iconic work. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Warhol in Tehran: Iranians flock to American pop art exhibit

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian hard-liners, now back at the helm of the country, may regularly rail against the poisoning of Islamic society by Western culture, but in Tehran, Iranians are flocking to the contemporary art museum to marvel at American pop artist Andy Warhol’s iconic soup cans.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, leads other members of the Chinese Politburo Standing Committee including Premier Li Keqiang, right, to bow as they pay respects before the Monument to the People's Heroes during a ceremony to mark Martyr's Day at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China’s Xi leads Martyr’s Day ceremony amid patriotism drive

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has paid respects at a commemoration for those who died in the struggle to establish Communist Party rule as he leads a drive to reinforce patriotism and single-party authority.

Shanju Bao, left, and Tianshi Zhong, of China, celebrate their gold medals during a ceremony for the track cycling women's team sprint finals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Izu, Japan. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Mao pins worn by Chinese athletes may test Olympic rules

The image of Communist China’s founding leader Mao Zedong has made an unscheduled appearance at the Tokyo Olympics.

Students at the China Executive Leadership Academy recite a poem by revolutionary leader Mao Zedong in front of a wartime military outpost in Jinggangshan in southeastern China's Jiangxi Province, on April 9, 2021. As China celebrates the 100th anniversary of its 1921 founding, such trainings are part of efforts by President Xi Jinping's government to extend party control over a changing society. (AP Photo/Emily Wang)

China’s ruling party grooms new members for its next century

JINGGANGSHAN, China (AP) — Backs straight, heads high, three dozen Communist Party members in red neckties who hope for leadership posts belt out a poem by revolutionary leader Mao Zedong at a historic mountainside battle site in central China.

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President and party leader Xi Jinping delivers a speech at a ceremony marking the centenary of the ruling Communist Party in Beijing, China, Thursday, July 1, 2021. China’s Communist Party is marking the 100th anniversary of its founding with speeches and grand displays intended to showcase economic progress and social stability to justify its iron grip on political power that it shows no intention of relaxing. (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)

At Communist Party centenary, Xi says China won’t be bullied

Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that anyone who tries to bully China “will face broken heads and bloodshed.”

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, waves above a large portrait of the late leader Mao Zedong during a ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Chinese Communist Party at Tiananmen Gate in Beijing Thursday, July 1, 2021. Artillery roared, bands played and fighter jets soared overhead as thousands gathered in Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen Square for a ceremony marking the centenary of the ruling Communist Party. Meanwhile, Hong Kong held its own annual commemorations of the 1997 handover from British to Chinese rule, given added significance by the party centenary and the arrests of political activists and journalists under a sweeping national security law imposed last year. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP PHOTOS: Beijing, Hong Kong mark Communist Party centenary

BEIJING (AP) — Cannons roared, bands played and fighter jets soared overhead as thousands of carefully selected participants gathered in Beijing’s iconic Tiananmen Square Thursday for a ceremony marking the centenary of the ruling Communist Party.

Performers form the number 100 at a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Monday, June 28, 2021. For China's Communist Party, celebrating its 100th birthday on Thursday, July 1 is not just about glorifying its past. It's also about cementing its future and that of its leader, Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

At 100, China’s Communist Party looks to cement its future

For China’s Communist Party, celebrating its 100th birthday on Thursday is not just about glorifying its past.

Performers dressed as rescue workers gather around the Communist Party flag during a gala show ahead of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Monday, June 28, 2021. China is marking the centenary of its ruling Communist Party this week by heralding what it says is its growing influence abroad, along with success in battling corruption at home. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s leader Xi hands out medals amid party celebrations

China’s leader has awarded medals to loyal Communist Party members as the nation celebrates the ruling party’s centenary.

Marking centenary, China heralds Communist Party’s influence

China is marking the centenary of its ruling Communist Party this week by heralding what it says is its growing influence abroad, along with success in battling corruption at home.

Workers prepare a raised seating area near the large portrait of Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. Chinese authorities have closed Beijing's central Tiananmen Square to the public, eight days ahead of a major celebration being planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China prepares for Communist Party centenary in secret

Chinese authorities have closed Beijing’s central Tiananmen Square to the public, eight days ahead of a major celebration being planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Communist Party.

Souvenirs of the late Communist leader Mao Zedong are sold at a gift shop at the Jinggangshan Revolution Museum in Jinggangshan in southeastern China's Jiangxi province, on April 8, 2021. On the hundredth anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, tourists in China are flocking to historic sites and making pilgrimages to party landmarks. (AP Photo/Emily Wang)

‘Red Tourism’ draws Chinese on centennial of Communist Party

On the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, tourists are flocking to historic sites and making pilgrimages to party landmarks.

Ashok Juneja, the Inspector General for anti-Maoist operations, right, addresses the media in Raipur, India, Sunday, April 4, 2021. India on Sunday recovered the bodies of 20 police and paramilitary troops who were killed in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels a day earlier in the forests of the eastern Chhattisgarh state. (AP Photo)

India recovers bodies of 20 more troops after Maoist clashes

PATNA, India (AP) — India on Sunday recovered the bodies of 20 police and paramilitary troops killed in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels a day earlier in the forests of the eastern Chhattisgarh state, police said.

FILE - Seymour Topping, Pulitzer board administrator, speaks at the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University in New York, in this March 4, 2002, file photo. Topping, among the most accomplished foreign correspondents of his generation for The Associated Press and the New York Times and later a top editor at the Times and administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, died on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, in White Plains, N.Y. He was 99. Topping passed away “peacefully” at White Plains Hospital, his daughter Rebecca said in an emailed statement. (AP Photo/David Karp, File)

Renowned world correspondent Seymour Topping dead at 98

NEW YORK (AP) — Seymour Topping, among the most accomplished foreign correspondents of his generation for The Associated Press and the New York Times and later a top editor at the Times and administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, died on Sunday.

In this photo provided by Hong Kong Police Force, two pieces of a calligraphy scroll by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong estimated to be worth about $296.7 million are displayed in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. The South China Morning Post newspaper quoting an unnamed police source who reported that the calligraphy scroll was cut in half by a buyer who had purchased it for 500 Hong Kong dollars ($64.50) and had believed the scroll to be counterfeit. (Hong Kong Police Force via AP)

Stolen Mao calligraphy worth millions found cut in half

HONG KONG (AP) — A calligraphy scroll by former Chinese leader Mao Zedong estimated to be worth millions of dollars was cut in half after it was stolen last month in a high-profile burglary in Hong Kong, police said.

In this Sep. 2, 2020, photo released by the Executive Yuan, Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, center, and Executive Yuan spokesperson Evian Ting, left, and Director of Consular Affairs Bureau Phoebe Yeh attends a news conference to reveal the new Taiwan passport in Taipei, Taiwan. (Executive Yuan via AP)

New Taiwan passports to emphasize distinction with China

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan plans to issue new passports emphasizing its independent identity and downgrading connections with China.

In this photo taken Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, supporters of the Nationalist or KMT party cheer with the Taiwanese flag during the presidential election in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. About two-thirds of Taiwanese don't identify as Chinese, according to a survey released Tuesday, highlighting the challenge China faces to bringing the self-governing island under its control. The U.S.-based Pew Research Center found that 66 percent view themselves as Taiwanese, 28 percent as both Taiwanese and Chinese and 4 percent as just Chinese. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Poll: Taiwanese distance themselves from Chinese identity

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — About two-thirds of Taiwanese don’t identify as Chinese, according to a survey released Tuesday that highlights the challenge China would face in bringing the self-governing island under its control.

China’s Communist Party faces its biggest crisis since SARS

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn’t under control and cancel this year’s highest-profile official event.

This undated photo provided by Michael Chen shows his father Da Chen. The brilliant storyteller who drew from the hardships he suffered as a persecuted child growing up in the midst of China’s cultural revolution to create the critically acclaimed memoir “Colors of the Mountain," has died at age 57. Chen died Dec. 17, his wife, Dr. Sun-Ling Chen, said Tuesday, Dec. 24, from the family’s home in Temecula, California. (Michael Chen via AP)

‘Colors of the Mountain’ author Da Chen dies at 57

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Da Chen, the brilliant storyteller who drew from the hardships he suffered as a persecuted child growing up in the midst of China’s cultural revolution to create the critically acclaimed memoir “Colors of the Mountain,” has died at age 57.

Participants wave flags during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. Trucks carrying weapons including a nuclear-armed missile designed to evade U.S. defenses rumbled through Beijing as the Communist Party celebrated its 70th anniversary in power with a parade Tuesday that showcased China's ambition as a rising global force. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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President Donald Trump arrives on stage at the Crown Expo for a campaign rally, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, in Fayetteville, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump glosses over US pain from trade war

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is sticking to his distorted picture of the consequences of his trade war with China, refusing to acknowledge the U.S. is feeling any pain.

KFC dedicates China restaurant to memory of Communist hero

BEIJING (AP) — Fast-food chain KFC is memorializing a popular Chinese Communist hero with restaurant decor extolling his deeds, in a rare matching of an iconic American brand with Communist propaganda.