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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
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Palau President Surangel Whipps, Jr. greets Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and US Ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland during an international press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, 29 March 2021 (Photo by Ceng Shou Yi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall square in Taipei, Taiwan (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping during the closing session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 11, 2021 (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) raises his hand to vote for the reports with other China's leaders at the closing of the 19th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 24, 2017 (WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)
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A propaganda billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China. The sign reads: "We should build a people's army with a good style of work, able to win battles under the command of the Party". (Photo by Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images)
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un signing the order to carry out the test-fire of the intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 at an undisclosed location (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Judges from the Qilian Mountains ecological court visit the Liyuankou Battle Memorial Hall to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) (Photo by Wang Jiang/VCG via Getty Images)
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Supporters of China's Muslim Uighur minority wave flags of East Turkestan and hold placards as they gather at the Beyazid square on October 1, 2020 during a demonstration to protest China's Uighur treatment in Istanbul. (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty I
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This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 3, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) looking at a metal casing with two bulges at an undisclosed location. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Alexander Aibel
Research Associate
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Alexander Benard
Adjunct Fellow
William Chou
Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Japan Chair
