Indo-Pacific

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is saluted by members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force during an International Fleet Review on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Photo by Issei Kato/Pool/Getty Images)

US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California, on November 15, 2023. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via 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)

Guests hold Japanese and American flags as they wait for the arrival ceremony for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Mrs. Yuko Kishida of Japan at White House on April 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)

Sailors on the USS Green Bay participate in a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill with JS Osumi of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as part of Exercise Iron Fist near Japan on March 4, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Cavenaile)

A statue of Mao Zedong in Lijiang, China. (Wikimedia Commons)

US and Chinese defense leadership meet in Beijing on June 27, 2018. (Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith via DVIDS)

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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)

A brigade of the People’s Liberation Army takes part in a combat drill in Zhangzhou, China, on September 2, 2022. (CFOTO via Getty Images)

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