![]() But even if conflict is avoided, their turbulent relationship will keep the global economy and the world in an unstable state.Īn intelligent new book now joins the debate about the world’s most critical bilateral relationship although its canvas also extends to Russia. That miscalculation, especially over the heavily militarised area around Taiwan, can lead to such an outcome is a worry for many countries in Asia and beyond. As do assessments of whether their intense competition presages a new cold war and if their fraught relations can drift into conflict, even if neither side may want it. Views, of course, diverge especially over who will prevail in the contest. Recent books include The Avoidable War by Kevin Rudd, The Long Game by Rush Doshi, Avoiding the ‘Thucydides Trap’ edited by Dong Wang and Travis Tanner, How China Loses by Luke Patey, Kishore Mahbubani’s Has China Won? and Oliver Letwin’s China vs America: A Warning. There is now a rich body of literature that deals with the US-China confrontation and examines how this is likely to play out. Questions are again being raised about the future trajectory of the world’s most consequential relationship. ![]() Then the red carpet rolled out by the Biden administration for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington and the thrust of their joint statement reflected the apparent US effort to cement India more firmly in an anti-China coalition and use it as a counterweight to Beijing. This again revived the friction between them. President Jo Biden’s description of Xi as a “dictator” at a fundraiser prompted a strong response from Beijing, which called the remarks irresponsible and a provocation. The visit seemed to go well and included a meeting between Blinken and President Xi Jinping.īut, as has become a pattern in this complex relationship, any step forward is almost always followed by two steps backwards. THE recent trip by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to China marked an effort to stabilise relations between the two global powers that have plunged to an all-time low. ![]()
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