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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
China
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Vehicles travel along the treacherous Srinagar Leh highway on August 27, 2024, in Ladakh, India. Ladakh is a strategically important region due to ongoing territorial disputes with Pakistan and China. (Yawar Nazir via Getty Images)
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Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers march during a mass rally in Pyongyang on September 9, 2018. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Chinese national flag flies in front of St Joseph’s Church, also known as Wangfujing Catholic Church, in Beijing on October 22, 2020. (Greg Baker via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Beijing, China, on September 20, 2024. (Xie Huanchi/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Pedestrians walk past a sign showing the numbers of the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong on October 8, 2024. (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese Yuan banknotes are pictured in Fuyang, China, on September 24, 2024. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Fellow
