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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)
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A boy protests China's genocide against the Uyghurs at a demonstration in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2021. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, arrives for the opening ceremony of a new Apple store in Shanghai, China, on March 21, 2024. (VCG via Getty Images)
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Visitors at TikTok's stand at the Appliance and Electronics World Expo in Shanghai, China, on April 27, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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An armored police vehicle is parked outside the Legislative Council complex in Hong Kong, China, on March 19, 2024. (Vernon Yuen via Getty Images)
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Police officers on horseback with national flags patrol the border in Xinjiang province, China, on December 29, 2023. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, speaks during the 2024 Munich Security Conference on February 17, 2024, in Munich, Germany. (Johannes Simon via Getty Images)
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The TikTok app on a phone surrounded by American social media apps. (Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images)
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The TikTok logo on phone screen in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21, 2023. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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The water level of the Yangtze River and Jialing River in Chongqing, China, on August 17, 2022. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Fellow
