Volume 20 Issue 6

Image: A photo released by Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense on February 10, showing a Taiwan Air Force F-16 (foreground) escorting a PLA Air Force H-6 bomber (background). (Source: ROC Defense Ministry / AFP)

Images: Tsinghua University law professor Xu Zhangrun (left) and human rights attorney Xu Zhiyong (right). Both men disappeared in February after criticizing the Chinese government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Image sources: RFA and Twitter)

Image: A team of Chinese medical workers poses for a photo with Italian representatives after arrival in Milan (March 18, 2020). The group was part of a delegation of 37 doctors and paramedics from China’s Sichuan Province, which was dispatched to assist with medical relief efforts in the hard-hit Lombardy region of northern Italy. (Source: CGTN)

Image: PRC lead trade negotiator Liu He (刘鹤) (left) and U.S President Donald Trump (right) pose for a photo at the signing of the “Phase One” U.S.-China trade agreement on January 15, 2020. Despite optimistic statements surrounding the signing of the deal, serious disputes remain unresolved between the two sides. (Image source: Xinhua)

Image: Liu Jinsong (center-left), then-PRC Ambassador to Afghanistan, speaks at an Afghan Foreign Ministry-hosted event on April 11, 2019. Ambassador Liu used the occasion to emphasize the historical ties between China and Afghanistan, and to promote the potential benefits to Afghanistan of closer integration with the PRC’s Belt and Road Initiative. (Source: PRC Embassy in Kabul)