China’s investment in sensitive U.S. technology has the Trump administration so worried that it imposed tariffs on Chinese tech goods on Tuesday, while lawmakers are looking for ways to bar similar future investments. Why now? One reason is a recent Pentagon white paper that warns about Beijing’s plans to appropriate made-in-America tech. [BY PATRICK TUCKER | April 6, 2018 |…

China has installed equipment on two of its fortified outposts in the Spratly Islands capable of jamming communications and radar systems, a significant step in its creeping militarization of the South China Sea, U.S. officials say. [Michael R. Gordon and Jeremy Page | April 9, 2018 | WSJ] The move strengthens China’s ability to assert its extensive territorial…