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)
A large machine lifts containers at the China-Kazakhstan Logistics Cooperation Base in Lianyungang, China, on June 8, 2022. (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman shakes hands with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi on June 13, 2022. (Luong Thai Linh/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)