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 investor walks past a screen showing stock market movements at a securities firm in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province on January 11, 2016. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
Three A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fly in formation over Tucson, Ariz., during an air refueling training mission, April 14, 2006. (Senior Airman Christina D. Ponte/DefenseLINK/Released)
A long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile target launched from the U.S. Army’s Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, June 22, 2014. (MDA/Released)
Thailand's Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn walks in the procession during the royal cremation of Princess Galyani Vadhana in Bangkok, Thailand on November 15, 2008. (Patrick AVENTURIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte (R) by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before a signing ceremony in Beijing on October 20, 2016. (NG HAN GUAN/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Barack Obama (L) speaking during a press conference in Hangzhou, China, and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (R) speaking during a press conference in Davao City, the Philippines, September 5, 2016. (SAUL LOEB,MANMAN DEJETO/AFP/Getty Imag