The top topic on China's Twitter is an old photo of Xi Jinping posing at the Golden Gate Bridge

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Chinese President Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at San Francisco International Airport to attend the APEC Summit in San Francisco, California, on November 14, 2023.

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Video shows the moment Antony Blinken winces after Biden calls China's Xi a dictator, upending months of careful diplomacy

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Antony Blinken appeared to be taken aback by President Joe Biden's description of Xi Jinping as a dictator at a press conference on November 15, 2023.
Antony Blinken appeared to be taken aback by President Joe Biden's description of Xi Jinping as a dictator at a press conference on November 15, 2023.

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A 17-year-old Ukrainian stuck in Russia received call-up papers to fight in the Russian army, his lawyer said

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Russian citizens drafted during the partial mobilization are seen being dispatched to combat coordination areas after a military call-up for the Russia-Ukraine war in Moscow, Russia on October 10, 2022.
Russian citizens drafted during the partial mobilization are seen being dispatched to combat coordination areas after a military call-up for the Russia-Ukraine war in Moscow, Russia on October 10, 2022.

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Conflicting accounts after Israeli forces entered Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza

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Injured Palestinians arrive at Al-Shifa Hospital on October 16, 2023.
Injured Palestinians arrive at Al-Shifa Hospital on October 16, 2023.

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The same guys who helped Trump's campaign investigate Hunter Biden were paid off by Russians, Ukrainian prosecutors allege

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Donald Trump in an elevator of Trump Tower.

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Aircraft carriers aren't the Russian navy's only problem. It has also struggled for decades to build jets for them.

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Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in a shipyard in Murmansk in May 2022.

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Ukraine looks to be gambling on a hard fight across a key river to kick-start its struggling counteroffensive

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Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade prepare to fire a mortar over the Dnipro River toward Russian positions, in an undisclosed location in the Kherson region, on November 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade prepare to fire a mortar over the Dnipro River toward Russian positions, in an undisclosed location in the Kherson region, on November 6, 2023, amid

US destroyer shoots down drone flying toward it in the Red Sea, defending itself in uneasy waters

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USS Thomas Hudner sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Mediterranean Sea in 2021.

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Footage shows a graveyard of Russian armored vehicles in Avdiivka, where Russia has mounted its biggest attack in months

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Destroyed tanks and an explosion in aerial footage from Avdiivka
Footage shared by Ukraine's military shows the destruction near Avdiivka.

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China's plan to seize on global chaos and supplant the US may be working

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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at San Francisco International Airport ahead of the APEC summit on November 14, 2023.

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