A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command at McGregor Range in New Mexico on May 11, 2024. (US Army)
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Uzushio-class submarine participates in an international fleet review at Sagami Bay on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Getty Images)
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks during the China Development Forum 2024 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 24, 2024, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Fu Tian/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with representatives from the American business, strategic, and academic communities at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 27, 2024. (Photo by Shen Hong via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden listens to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a press conference at the Camp David Trilateral Summit in Maryland on August 18, 2023. (Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
A police officer looking at League of Social Democrats protesting outside the Central Government office on October 25, 2023, in Hong Kong, China. (Vernon Yuen via Getty Images)
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng prior to a meeting on April 6, 2024, in Guangzhou, China. (Ken Ishii via Getty Images)