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Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy
Michael Pillsbury
In the Media
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U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, right, commander of the 7th Infantry Division, meets Japanese Maj. Gen. Takeyoshi Omari, deputy commander of 4th Division, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, during Rising Thunder at the Yakima Training Center
An auto-rickshaw driver wears a protective facemask as a prevention measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus as he wait for passengers along a street in Quetta on February 27, 2020 as Pakistan has detected its first two cases of novel coronavirus. - Paki
A cured coronavirus patient waits outside an outpatient department of Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital on March 4, 2020 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province of China. The hospital sets up the department especially for cured patients to better moni