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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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John P. Walters takes part in a debate at Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2023. (Madeline Mills/Hudson Institute)
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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)
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Tsai Ing-wen accepts Hudson's Global Leadership Award on March 30, 2023, in New York City. (Andrea Hanks/Hudson Institute)
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A view of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei, which was previously the office of the governor-general of Taiwan during Japanese colonial rule. (Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Honor guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguay's President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 16, 2023. (Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images)
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The USS Nimitz transits the South China Sea on February 4, 2023. (US Navy photo by David Rowe)
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The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Tulsa approaches the dry cargo ship USNS Amelia Earhart for a replenishment in the South China Sea on February 19, 2022. (US Navy photo by Devin M. Langer)
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Chiang Wan-an, Taipei mayoral candidate of the opposition Kuomintang (KMT), celebrates his victory in local elections on November 26, 2022, in Taipei, Taiwan. (Louise Delmotte/Getty Images)
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