Taiwan seeks expanded trade with China;

China looking to translate reserves into "

hard assets"

Sino-U.S. naval spat in the Pacific;

Sino-U.S. mil-mil relations still "

in a difficult period"

Special Issue: Chinese National People's Congress

Chinese flock to Beijing to air local grievances before NPC;

Beijing riled by Philippine move to annex islands

Economic crisis shrinks Russia-China trade...;

...and China's oil refining sector