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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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Chinese President Xi jinping delivers a speech during a banquet marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China on September 30, 2019 in Beijing, China.
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French President Emmanuel Macron accompanies Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel after their meeting at the Élysée Presidential Palace on March 26, 2019 in Paris, France.
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China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 25, 2018.
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An F/A-18F Super Hornet takes off from the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea, Jan. 23.
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The wall alongside one of the factories in China where Uighur people work and live in dorms.
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President Xi Jinping, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, and member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo Li Zhanshu and other attendees sit at the beginning of the Chinese People's Political and Consulting Conference on May 21, 2020
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Fellow
