By Daniel DePetris
The United States and China don't agree on much these days. Taiwan, for instance, seems to be a totally irreconcilable issue, with Beijing priming for the island's eventual reunification with the mainland and Washington increasingly viewing Taiwan and the Taiwanese as a distinct country and people. The two superpowers are already in an economic war of sorts, with the Biden administration working on new guidelines that would restrict U.S. outbound investment in some Chinese industries and U.S. export controls on chips and chip-making equipment undermining China. The war in Ukraine continues to hang over U.S.-China relations like a fog, with the two countries disagreeing on which party is most at fault, what is required to end the conflict, and how the conflict should end.
This piece was originally published in Newsweek on May 12, 2023. Read more HERE.