COVID-19 heightens USChina tensions – East Asia Forum

COVID-19 heightens USࢀ"China tensions 6 April 2020 Author: Editorial Board, ANU As we try to imagine what the world will look like after COVID-19, a central question is whether the pandemic will exacerbate or alleviate tensions between the United States and China. In the past, major crises have been catalysts for cooperation between the worldࢀ™s two leading powers. During the global financial crisis, the George W Bush and Obama administrations found ways to work productively with the Hu Jintao government of the time in managing and rebuilding the global economy, despite serious economic, political and strategic strains in their bilateral…