Moving beyond the US-China Cold War cliche

Moving beyond the US-China Cold War cliche Author: Suisheng Zhao, University of Denver A bipolar world is emerging as the US-China rivalry dominates virtually every aspect of international politics. Bipolarity tends to exaggerate ideological hostility and encourages attempts to build exclusive alliances. Casting the rivalry as a battle between democracy and autocracy, the Biden administration has increased public criticism of China's human rights violations and countered Chinese manoeuvring in the Pacific. Portraying China as an existential threat, the United States has attempted to forge an alliance of democracies. Beijing has taken tit-for-tat actions to confront the United States and highlighted…