Chinese military personnel take part in a rehearsal ahead of a parade commemorating the eightieth anniversary of victory in World War II in Beijing on August 20, 2025. (Pedro Pardo via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
US Commerce Secretary Howard William Lutnick and Japanese Minister for Economic Revitalization Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on on September 4, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
Arleigh Burke–class guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) sails in formation during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise on July 28, 2022. (DVIDS)
A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Xia Yifang via Getty Images)
Senior lecturer in the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Council of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
President Trump, pictured in trade talks on Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires with Chinese President Xi Jinping (far left), this week dangled the possibility that an arrested Huawei executive could become a bargaining chip. PHOTO: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
Catholic worshippers attend a mass on Holy Saturday, part of Easter celebrations at Beijing's government sanctioned South Cathedral on March 31, 2018. (Photo credit: GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)
US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, along with members of their delegation, hold a dinner meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at the end of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on December 01,