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The book you need if you want to understand China right now

As China-US relations deteriorate, a new book argues Washington and its allies should engage with Beijing instead of provoking it.

Tom Switzer
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The deterioration in relations between China and the US is a dangerous development. The friction does not just reflect the Communist Party regime’s opacity concerning the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan. Nor is it the result of the Trump administration’s efforts to try to distract attention from its own failures in curbing the virus in the US.

Something much deeper and much worse is at stake: a potential clash between what two great powers perceive to be their vital interests.

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Tom Switzer is executive director at the Centre for Independent Studies and is an outgoing presenter on ABC Radio National.
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