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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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A thick haze engulfs Beijing鈥檚 Forbidden City, Dec. 9, 2019.
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People outside St Joseph's Church (also known as Wangfujing Church) of the Roman Catholic Church in Dongcheng District of Beijing during the pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
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Two US-made F-16 fighters in the air during an scramble take off at the eastern Hualien air force base on January 23, 2013. The Taiwan air force demonstrated their combat skills at the Hualien air base during an annual training before the coming lunar new
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People visit Huawei booth during 2019 World 5G Convention at Beijing Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center on November 21, 2019 in Beijing, China. 2019 World 5G Convention is held from November 20-23 in Beijing.
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Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen gestures to a US official as US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar and director of the American of Institute in Taiwan, Brent Christensen, look on during their visit to the Presidential Office in Taipei
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend the ceremony of presenting Xi Jinping degree from the Saint Petersburg State University on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg on Jun
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Chinese president Xi Jinping arranges his papers at the closing session of the National People's Congress
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President of the Republic of China Xi Jinping (L) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (R) shake hands as they visit the cargo terminal of Chinese company Cosco in the port of Piraeus, Greece, on November 11, 2019, as part of his two-day official
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
