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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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Experts
David Feith
Senior Fellow
Mike Gallagher
Distinguished Fellow
Mary Kissel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
John Lee
Senior Fellow
H.R. McMaster
Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair
Walter Russell Mead
Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
Liselotte Odgaard
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Steven Quay
Senior Fellow
Michael Sobolik
Senior Fellow
Miles Yu
Senior Fellow and Director, China Center
