Are the US and China entering a ‘new Cold War’?

The World

The US-China relationship is downright toxic right now. Washington and Beijing have disagreements over trade, technology, territory in the South China Sea, and Hong Kong. The coronavirus pandemic seems to be pushing the two sides toward a new Cold War. The World’s Patrick Winn asks how bad things could get.

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