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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
China
China
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A researcher works in a lab that is developing testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation on February 28, 2020 in Nutley, New Jersey (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)
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A Chinese man wears a protective mask as he walks in front the logos of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at National Aquatics Centre on April 9, 2021 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)
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Medical staff work at an exhibition center converted into a hospital in Wuhan, China, on February 17, 2020. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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A health worker next to oxygen cylinders taking information from a COVID-19 coronavirus positive person, inside the ambulance, at MMC hospital in Guwahati, Assam, India on 25 May 2021. (David Talukdar/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) review the oath of joining the party in front of the party flag on April 13, 2021 in Luoyang, Henan Province of China. (Photo by Jia Fangwen/VCG via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Senegalese President Macky Sall (L) during a meeting at the West lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on September 2, 2016 (IWASAKI MINORU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese police wear protective masks as they stand guard on a main road on January 31, 2020 in Beijing, China (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Experts
Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
Patrick M. Cronin
Asia-Pacific Security Chair
