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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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A Chinese warship is seen sailing in the West Philippine Sea, on April 27, 2025. (Daniel Ceng via Getty Images)
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Twenty-second IISS Shangri-La Dialogue on May 31, 2025, in Singapore. (Yong Teck Lim via Getty Images
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US President Donald Trump, accompanied by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Taiwanese flags are seen on a street in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on October 14, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng via Getty Images)
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Supporters of Terry Gou, the founder of tech giant Foxconn, attend a campaign rally in Kaohsiung on May 7, 2023. (Jameson Wu/AFP via Getty Images)
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A Taiwanese Air Force Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet prepares to take off at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on 7 November, 2024. (Getty Images)
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Shipping containers and cranes are seen at the port in Keelung, Taiwan, on April 9, 2025. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)
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Taiwanese honour guards perform during the Taiwan National Day celebrations, in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 10, 2024. (Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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An image of an electronic wafer is displayed at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on November 21, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)
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Two Republic of China Kuang Hua-6 fast attack missile boats sail in formation during a combat readiness exercise at the Zuoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on January 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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A man walks past a hoisted Taiwanese flag at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on October 15, 2024. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images)
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Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, William Brent Christensen, and John C.C. Deng after a press conference about the United States-Taiwan Economic Prosperity Partnership Dialogue in Taipei, Taiwan, on November 21, 2020. (Ceng Shou Yi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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