Sino-US relations have entered a new phase of ideological confrontation. Fueled by the Covid-19 pandemic and older trade, economic, scientific and geopolitical rivalries, the tension between the two superpowers is taking on an increasingly ideological aspect. Even though there are big differences between Xi Jinping's China and the former USSR, and though the Americans and Chinese continue to have close economic ties, Washington's tone increasingly resembles that adopted during the the East-West confrontation.
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In recent weeks, four senior administration officials have warned of China's attempts to gain a position of hegemony at the expense of the United States, and called for action. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William Barr, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien and Director of the FBI have each in their own field warned against the
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