Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Jeremiah Manele lays a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on July 11, 2024. (Li Xiang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during the signing ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, on March 21, 2023. (Contributor via Getty Images)
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 30, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a press event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China , on October 23, 2022. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
HMS Queen Elizabeth launches a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, and JS Kaga in the background as part of Maritime Partnership Exercise in Bay of Bengal, on October 17, 2021. (Russell Lindsey via DVIDS)
Chinese President Xi Jinping inspects China's Central Military Commission joint operations command center on November 8, 2022. (Photo by Li Gang/Xinhua via Getty Images)