US and China on the brink of a new type of cold war
A global pandemic might have served as an occasion for more co-operation between the superpowers: instead, it has only made the divide more obvious.
Hong Kong/Washington | Matt Pottinger, a senior White House official, delivered a searing message to China last week in a video later posted on YouTube.
Speaking in pitch-perfect Mandarin, he praised Chinese historical figures who supported democratic ideals and helped in the 1940s to write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which remains a bedrock for liberal values today.
Financial Times
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