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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 section of the Yarlung Tsangpo River on May 13, 2023. (Photo by Li Lin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
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China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
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The type 094A JIN-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate near Qingdao, China, on April 23, 2019. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)
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World leaders gather for the second day of the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. (Leah Millis/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Uyghurs living in Turkey protest Wang Yi on July 26, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Hakan Akgun via Getty Images)
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Jimmy Lai, founder and owner of Apple Daily, is seen handcuffed and escorted by guards on December 12, 2020, in Hong Kong, China. (Keith Tsuji via Getty Images)
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This photo taken on January 15, 2024, shows a Chinese flag fluttering on a Christian church in Pingtan, China. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)
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People sit on the steps under Chinese national flags on October 5, 2024, in Chongqing, China. (Cheng Xin via Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
