Tensions are mounting by the day between the United States and China, leading to talk of a new Cold War. Experts see important historical differences – but believe the two powers are entering dangerous territory.
US President Donald Trump's administration has increasingly gone global against China, pushing other nations to reject its strings-attached aid and telecom titan Huawei, and siding unreservedly with Beijing's rivals in the dispute-rife South China Sea.
China sees Trump as a"weak and error-prone leader" and likely believes the"disastrous" US response to the coronavirus pandemic presented opportunities to press its advantage, he said. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is taking stern warnings about Beijing around the world, did not reject the Cold War comparison in a recent radio interview.
Mastro said that China had plenty of options to alleviate US concerns, such as pulling back weapons systems in the South China Sea. David Stilwell, the top State Department official for East Asia, said he learned as US defense attache in Beijing that China responded to"demonstrable and tangible action."
Trump has still voiced hope of preserving a trade deal with China, which promised before the coronavirus pandemic to ramp up purchases of US goods.
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