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Taiwan's AAV7 amphibious assault vehicle surfaces from the sea during the Han Kuang military exercise, which simulates China's People's Liberation Army invading Pingtung, Taiwan, on July 28, 2022. (Annabelle Chih via Getty Images)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer conducts underway operations in the Taiwan Strait on April 10, 2020. (Ensign Samuel Hardgrove via DVIDS)

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan Island, one of mainland China's closest points to Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023. (Ding Haitao/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during the signing ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, on March 21, 2023. (Contributor via Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 30, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)