Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
A production line of the Glide, a high-altitude glider that delivers munitions across thousands of miles, is seen at the defense tech startup Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, California, on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)
A PLA Navy fleet including the aircraft carrier Liaoning, vessels and fighter jets take part in a drill in April 2018 in the South China Sea. (Photo by VCG)
Former Senior Fellow and Director for Chinese Strategy
Michael Pillsbury
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech at the opening session of the Paris Peace Forum, November 11, 2018, in Paris, France. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks at a news conference with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on November 8, 2018 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images)