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Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 2, 2025. (Sergey Bobylev via Getty Images)
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Indian army convoy carrying reinforcements and supplies, drive towards Leh, on a highway bordering China, on September 2, 2020 in Gagangir, India. (Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump listens as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)
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Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a budget committee meeting during an extraordinary session at the Lower House of the Diet on August 4, 2025, in Tokyo. (Tomohiro Ohsumi via Getty Images)
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A man walks past Taiwanese flags on Democracy Boulevard at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on October 15, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng via Getty Images)
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A prison van carrying Jimmy Lai arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts for the closing arguments in his national security trial in Hong Kong on August 18, 2025. (Man Hei Leung via Getty Images)
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A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
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David Asher
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Alexander Benard
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William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
