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In recent years, the narrative that the U.S. and China are engaged in what some are now calling Cold War II has gained considerable traction. Advanced by figures such as former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and historian Niall Ferguson, this narrative frames the geopolitical relationship between Washington and Beijing in terms reminiscent of the titanic struggle for global supremacy waged by the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the decades following World War II. It further frames this Sino-American relationship as one of growing ideological and strategic...
