china vs. usa

In general terms, relations between the world’s two leading powers, despite the strain in recent months (which, in the author’s view, is almost exclusively down to the intensifying political climate within the United States), now and then are illuminated by glimmers of positivity. This gives us cause to hope that the situation between both of the main geopolitical players is still under control.

On the card table where modern world politics are played, the state of affairs in Hong Kong remains a barometer which can provide a rough idea of the current trends in relations between the United States and China. Both of these superpowers play a major role in shaping the bigger global picture of today’s game.

Unfortunately, the author’s hopes that attempts to seek monetary compensation from China for its alleged role in the SARS-COV-2 pandemic would involve individuals rather than countries (and their nation-wide policies), first and foremost the United States, have been dashed.

The annual Munich Security Conference held since 1963 has provided a platform where significant statements have often been made, putting into words and pinpointing extremely important processes that have already begun to take shape.

The confrontation between China and the United States is growing in intensity day by day, and clearly the war drums are being beaten in Washington.

On 15 January of this year, the “Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the People’s Republic of China” was finally signed in Washington DC. Those interested in learning more about the contents of this comprehensive (85-page) document can do so on the website of PRC’s Ministry of Commerce.

As the United States and China have struggled over strategic control of the Pacific Ocean region in recent years, international media outlets have typically focused their attention on the situation in the South China Sea. However, a no less crucial “frontline” in the global confrontation between these world powers in yet another strategically important for the US part in the Pacific Ocean, Micronesia, has unjustifiably not garnered much attention from the media.