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US sailors conduct routine maintenance on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz on July 9, 2025. (US Navy)
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China's President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of their visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A worker produces integrated circuit products in a workshop in Weihai, Shandong Province, China, on September 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A Beijing demonstrator blocks the path of a tank convoy along the Avenue of Eternal Peace near Tiananmen Square on June 5, 1989. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a visit at the Temple of Heaven on May 14, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Mary Kissel appears on The John Batchelor Show to explain why a strategic decoupling and realistic planning, rather than hoping for fair trade or stability from the current Chinese regime, is the way forward in the United States’ relationship with China.
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A processor embedded with a NVIDA chip is seen during the artificial intelligence exhibition AI EXPO 2026 in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 25, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A Long March-8A carrier rocket carrying a new group of low Earth orbit satellites blasts off from the Hainan commercial spacecraft launch site on August 26, 2025, in Wenchang, Hainan Province of China. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 15, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet on the sidelines of a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden on May 15, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
