China, Shoring Up Its Navy, Muscles Into Pacific

**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before Wednesday, 3:01 a.m. ET Aug. 29, 2018. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** FILE-- Sailors with USS Chancellorsville's data collection team, also called "Snoopie," observe and photograph a Chinese frigate that was following them on their patrol in the South China Sea, March 22, 2016. Now in 2018, A modernization program in China focused on naval and missile forces has shifted the balance of power in the Pacific in ways the U.S. and its allies are only beginning to digest. (Bryan Denton/The New York Times)