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A 49.5-megawatt data center is under construction on April 14, 2026, in Vernon, California. (Getty Images)
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Robots race at the National Speed Skating Oval on August 25, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Members of China's 16th Arctic Ocean scientific expedition team work on the ice surface of the Arctic Ocean on Aug. 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A military parade marks the anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, on October 10, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Rushan Abbas holds a photo of her sister, Uyghur doctor Gulshan Abbas, who is detained in China, during the “No Deals Without Freedom” protest at Lafayette Park on May 11, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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A conceptual close-up of a circuit board scene with the American flag. (Getty Images)
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Watchtowers are seen on May 31, 2019, at a high-security facility near what is believed to be a reeducation camp where mostly Muslim ethnic minorities are detained on the outskirts of Hotan, China. (Getty Images)
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A sailor prepares to launch an F/A-18C Hornet off the flight deck of the USS Kitty Hawk in the Philippine Sea on May 6, 2008. (US Navy)
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Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
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A freight train is seen at Port Reitz Station along the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Mombasa, Kenya, on July 9, 2026. The railway was a part of the Belt and Road Initiative. (Getty Images)
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A woman prays at the Xishiku Church in Beijing on April 26, 2025. (Getty Images)
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The TikTok social media platform's logo is reflected in the eye of a 13-year-old boy as he looks at a computer screen on November 25, 2023, in Bath, England. (Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
