Are the US and China at a crossroads?

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US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are shown both wearing dark suits and ties while standing in front of the US and Chinese flags.

Relations between Beijing and Washington have long been rocky. But now many leaders in both capitals see a more serious rupture as inevitable or even desirable. And, across the US, various groups have mobilized to confront the sudden, intense crisis of starvation among immigrants and refugees. Also, Scottish virologist June Almeida identified the first coronavirus in 1964. But her work in the field has gone largely unrecognized until the current novel coronavirus pandemic. 

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