Mingri “Ezra” Jin, head pastor of Zion Church, is seen on September 12, 2018, in Beijing, days after authorities shut down one of China’s largest “underground” Protestant churches. (Getty Images)
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)
A worker inspects the form of the shaped steel billets following the press stage in the manufacturing process of 155mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)
An F-16 fighter pulls up in a steep climb during rehearsals for a public airshow at the military airbase in Taitung on July 9, 2018. (CHRIS STOWERS/AFP/Getty Images)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pictured during the meeting with Li Keqiang (not pictured), Prime Minister of China, on July 09, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. (Florian Gaertner/Getty Images)
Aircraft of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) fly in the sky during a drill on the second flight training day of the New Year at Liaodong Peninsula on January 3, 2019 in Liaoning Province of China. (VCG via Getty Images)
A pedestrian walks past a stock indicator board showing the share price of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on December 26, 2018. (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)
China's President Xi Jinping attends a Business Forum with Italian and Chinese businessmen at Quirinale Palace on March 22, 2019 in Rome, Italy. (Alessandra Benedetti - Corbis/Getty Images)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) speaks during a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) at the Great Hall of the People on June 14, 2018 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)