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)
A catholic reads the Bible at the temporary Bailu Township Church on December 24, 2008 in Pengzhou of Sichuan Province, China. (China Photos/Getty Images)
Chinese Education Minister Yuan Guiren at a signing ceremony during German-Chinese government consultations on October 10, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Adam Berry/Getty Images)