Indo-Pacific

The TikTok app on a phone surrounded by American social media apps. (Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images)

The water level of the Yangtze River and Jialing River in Chongqing, China, on August 17, 2022. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The TikTok logo on phone screen in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21, 2023. (Photo Illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) sail in formation in the Philippine Sea on June 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryre Arciaga)

The TikTok logo with a sketch of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew. (Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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John P. Walters and Taiwanese President-elect William Lai in Taipei, Taiwan.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during the 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6, 2024. (Photo by George Chan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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A pedestrian walks by a large electronic screen displaying the numbers for the Hang Seng Index on February 14, 2024, in Hong Kong, China. (Photo by Li Zhihua/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

A man uses an Apple iPhone in Beijing on September 12, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images)

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