A Primer on the US and China's 'New Cold War'

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No geopolitical relationship will shape the world over the coming decade as much as that of the U.S. and China. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A day after President Trump signed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act enabling sanctions on those that threaten the autonomy of China (and the companies that do business with them) and the UK worked to ban Huawei 5G infrastructure, this episode of the Breakdown looks at the key faultlines and issues that have that relationship in a dangerous downward spiral: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Virus blame recriminations </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Trade war tensions </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Hong Kong Security Law </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Huawei 5G and critical digital infrastructure</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">TikTok </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">India border skirmish</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">South China Sea Military Exercises</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The politics of labeling this a “new cold war” </span></li> </ul>