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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
China
China
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Security personnel stand guard outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan as members of the WHO team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus make a visit to the institute in Wuhan
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Chinese Christians pray and wait in line to take communion during a Christmas Mass at a Catholic Church on December 24, 2020 in Beijing, China
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The Long March 5 Y-4 rocket carrying the Tianwen-1 Mars probe takes off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China, July 23, 2020.
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Bottles of Australian wine in a supermarket in Hangzhou, China, Nov. 27, 2020.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and incoming-Premier Li Keqiang applaud during the closing session of the annual CPPCC held at the Great Hall of the People on March 12, 2013 in Beijing, China
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Fellow
