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)
A researcher displays a silicon wafer, an essential material used in the production of semiconductors and other technologies critical to US national security. (Getty Images)
A police officer wears a protective mask as he stands guard before the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on March 5, 2021 in Beijing, China (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
Members of the Yansakai vigilante group sit inside the Zamfara State Government house as their members surrendered more than 500 guns as part of efforts to accept the peace process of the state government (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)