The chasm between Beijing and the West gets wider

Wang Yi It only took one meeting for hopes of a reset in US-China relations under a Biden presidency to evaporate — instead alliances are fast forming on either side of an old dividing line: democracy. The mood music ahead of the mid-March meeting in the Alaskan town of Anchorage between the two countries' top diplomats was upbeat, but their meeting quickly collapsed into mud-slinging in a pattern that has not let up since. Instead, the US has cosied up to its 'Quad' allies in China's backyard — Japan, India and Australia — while cajoling the EU, UK and Canada…