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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the US Ambassador’s Residence on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)
China
China
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Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare of the Solomon Islands meets with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on October 9, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Parker Song-Pool/Getty Images)
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Mobile technology vendors attend 2021 China Brand Day on May 12, 2021 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Chen Yuyu/VCG via Getty Images)
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A rally supporting the Ukrainian people. (Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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Bishop Stephen Chow waves to church members at the Episcopal Ordination of the Most Reverend Stephen Chow in Hong Kongs Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on December 4, 2021. (Photo by Bertha Wang/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on December 15, 2021. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping make a statement to the press following their talks on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on September 11, 2018. (Sergei Chirikov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese Leader Xi Jinping holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 4, 2022. (Photo by Li Tao/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
