US lawmakers to visit China this month

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the US House of Representatives will make an official trip to China later this month, led by Democratic US Representative Adam Smith. Smith, a US representative from the Washington state, is the former chair of the House Armed Services Committee and the current top Democrat on the panel. A committee staffer confirmed Smith's plan to lead the delegation to China but could not provide other details. NBC News first reported the planned trip, citing an interview with Smith. The exact timing of the trip was not immediately clear. Smith told NBC News that both Democratic and Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee would participate in the trip, but its chair, Republican US...