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Chinese People's Liberation Army honour guard members march during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People on November 12, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
China
China
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Members of the Chinese military orchestra march on Tiananmen Square before a celebration marking the 100th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
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Members of the audience stand and applaud Xi Jinping during his speech at a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Communist Party at Tiananmen Square on July 1, 2021 (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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The Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China, on February 3, 2021. (Photo by HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) soldier uses binoculars during a live fire exercise at JGSDF's training grounds in the East Fuji Maneuver Area on May 22, 2021 in Gotemba, Shizuoka, Japan (Photo by Akio Kon - Pool/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
