People ride past a screen showing live coverage of Chinese Premier Li Qiang speaking at the opening session of the National People’s Congress outside a shopping mall in Beijing on March 5, 2025.
A general view shows the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 4, 2025.
China's President Xi Jinping attends the opening ceremony of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 4, 2025.
A photo illustration taken on March 30, 2018 in Beijing shows the screen of a laptop with the word "VPN" written in the search field of the Chinese Baidu website. Chinese authorities block all unrecognised VPN services, meaning that Chinese and foreign companies must choose from a limited number of state-approved VPNs.
A model of a Chinese-made J-35A stealth fighter is displayed at an AVIC (China Aviation Industry Corporation) stand during the 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, in southern China's Guangdong province on Nov. 14, 2024.
Lo Kin-hei (C), chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party (DP), along with other senior leaders, attends a press conference at the party's headquarters in Hong Kong on Feb. 26, 2025 to discuss the budget announcement.
A Taiwanese flag is seen on a wall at a local basketball court in Hsinchu on Dec. 9, 2024.
Chinese CEO Jack Ma of Alibaba listens to Chinese President Xi Jinping at a U.S.-China business roundtable, comprised of U.S. and Chinese CEOs in Seattle, Washington Sept. 23, 2015.
A closed-circuit cameras is seen on a pole near a portrait of Mao Zedong in front of the Tiananmen Gate, on June 24, 2021, in Beijing.
Gyalo Thondup, the second eldest brother of the Dalai Lama, at his residence in Kalimpong, India, Nov. 14, 2024.

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