Chinese troops march in October 2019 in Tiananmen Square in Beijing at a time of growing friction with the United States (AFP Photo/Greg BAKER)
Shaun Tandon, AFP: How hot could US-China 'Cold War' get?
Tensions are mounting by the day between the United States and China, leading to talk of a new Cold War. Experts see important historical differences -- but believe the two powers are entering dangerous territory.
US President Donald Trump's administration has increasingly gone global against China, pushing other nations to reject its strings-attached aid and telecom titan Huawei, and siding unreservedly with Beijing's rivals in the dispute-rife South China Sea.
Trump has made China a major campaign issue as he heads into the November election, but the relationship looks unlikely to change in more than tone if he loses to Joe Biden, who has accused the president of not being tough enough.
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WNU Editor: The "Cold War' between China and the U.S. is nowhere near like the "Cold War" that existed between the West and the Soviet Union decades ago. But the tensions are there, and will be there for the foreseeable future.
