Mingri “Ezra” Jin, head pastor of Zion Church, is seen on September 12, 2018, in Beijing, days after authorities shut down one of China’s largest “underground” Protestant churches. (Getty Images)
A microchip and Taiwanese flag displayed on a phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo on April 10, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki via Getty Images)
A worker inspects the form of the shaped steel billets following the press stage in the manufacturing process of 155mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)
The Great Hall of the People during the second plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, on March 9, 2006 in Beijing, China. (Guang Niu/Getty Images)
Business people watch an electric board indicating the foreign currency of 114.59-62 yen against the US dollar at a foreign exchange brokers on December 6, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. (Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping views an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony inside the Great Hall of the People on March 26, 2015 in Beijing, China. (Feng Li/Getty Images)