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The logo of Japan's largest steel manufacturer Nippon Steel corporation is seen in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on January 7, 2025. (David Marueil/ via Getty Images)
China
China
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Members of the Maryland Army National Guard work to set up a triage tent in the parking lot outside of the emergency room at Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center on March 19, 2020 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China on March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi via Getty Images)
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Tedros Adhanom, Director General of the World Health Organization shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, on January 28, 2020 in Beijing, China. (Naohiko Hatta/Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, hears a report on the scientific research on COVID-19, March 2, 2020. (Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang speaks during the daily press briefing in Beijing on March 18, 2020. (GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs a teleconference after the field inspection of Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic, on March 10, 2020. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty)
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A large screen in the street shows Chinese president Xi Jinping wearing a protective mask during his visit to Wuhan earlier in the day, the epicentre of the coronavirus, on CCTV's evening newscast on March 10, 2020 in Beijing, China.
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Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
