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The logo of Japan's largest steel manufacturer Nippon Steel corporation is seen in front of the company's head office in Tokyo on January 7, 2025. (David Marueil/ via Getty Images)
China
China
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Female soldiers of the Guard of Honour of the People's Liberation Army shout as they walk in front of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kazakh President Kassym Jomart Tokayev (not pictured) during the welcoming ceremony at the beginning of the meeting on
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MH-60R Sea Hawks attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron HSM-77 (the 鈥淪aberhawks鈥�) hover in formation between the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (foreground) and USS Nimitz while under way in the South China Sea, July 7, 2020. The Nimitz and R
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A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing fly a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula, July 30, 2017
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A shop for Chinese telecom giant Huawei features a red sticker reading "5G" in Beijing on May 25, 2020.
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A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People鈥檚 Liberation Army Navy during a military exercise in the South China Sea in 2018.
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Riot police hold up a warning flag during a demonstration in a mall on July 6, 2020 in Hong Kong, China.
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
