US-China relations were already heated. Then coronavirus threw fuel on the flames
- Written by Nick Bisley, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, La Trobe University
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Even before the COVID-19 crisis upended the world, US-China relations had entered a particularly mistrustful and combative period.
While the mutual antagonism predated the Trump administration – Chinese President Xi Jinping had earlier ushered in a more assertive and ambitious approach to the world and the Obama...
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