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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Paramilitary policemen patrol in front of Tiananmen Gate on November 17, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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Australian Governor General Peter Cosgrove (R) with China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, as she holds a wombat in the grounds of Government House on November 17, 2014 in Canberra, Australia. (David Gray - Pool/Getty Images)
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People dressed in Santa Claus costumes attend a celebration for the Christmas Eve at Xinjiekou on December 24, 2013 in Nanjing, China. (ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)
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Workers remove a poster-banner for 'The Interview' from a billboard in Hollywood, California, December 18, 2014 a day after Sony announced was cancelling the movie's Christmas release due to a terrorist threat. (Michael THURSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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South Korean protesters shout slogans during a anti-Japan rally in front of the Japanese embassy on December 27, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)
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People visit a lantern show to celebrate the Lantern Festival on February 5, 2012 in Zhuozhou, Hebei Province of China. (ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
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A red lantern lamp is seen in front of the Apple's Beijing flagship store on January 13, 2012 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
