News Snapshot:
The poet Shelley once hopefully wrote: “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” When it comes to China–US relations now, it seems that spring is quite far behind. At the beginning of 2021, there were modest hopes. The good news then was that Joe Biden had won the US presidential election. Trump’s trade war had sent the relationship into a deep dive. His manipulation of the China question for domestic political gain contributed to its further deterioration. Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping. One of the few things that Republicans and Democrats agree upon is that America should now...
