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155 shell bodies sit on a pallet at General Dynamics ready to be shipped on August 20, 2025, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)
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China’s President Xi Jinping walks to the Monument to the People’s Heroes during a wreath-laying ceremony to honor deceased national heroes on Martyrs’ Day in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 30, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Excavators and transport vehicles work at Dexing Copper Mine on August 16, 2024, in Shangrao, China. (Getty Images)
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China’s liquid-fueled intercontinental strategic nuclear missiles DongFeng-5C pass through Tiananmen Square during a military parade on September 3, 2025 in Beijing. (Getty Images)
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The TikTok logo displays on a phone with the US flag on a laptop screen in Krakow, Poland, on January 20, 2025. (Getty Images)
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People attend a gathering to commemorate the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
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An aerial view a solar facility in Ad-Dhahirah, Oman, on April 12, 2023. (Getty Images)
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Two US Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs fly in formation prior to conducting air-to-air refueling over Utah on July 1, 2025. (US Air Force)
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Samples of rare-earth minerals from Baiyun'ebo or Bayan Obo mining district are on display at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IGGCAS) on May 17, 2025, in Beijing, China. (VCG via Getty Images)
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Chinese troops march during a military parade marking the eightieth anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on September 3, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
Bill Drexel
Senior Fellow
