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U.S.-China Competition
![The US-South Korea Alliance and the China Factor The US-South Korea Alliance and the China Factor](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-08-26.jpg)
The US-South Korea Alliance and the China Factor
By Clint Work
In the current context of U.S.-China competition, Washington’s strategic preferences and Seoul’s search for greater autonomy are clashing.
![Why Is America Dusting off Its Anti-Communist Playbook? Why Is America Dusting off Its Anti-Communist Playbook?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-chinese_president_xi_addresses_the_opening_session_of_the_u.s.-china_strategic_dialogue_in_beijing_27544686235.jpg)
Why Is America Dusting off Its Anti-Communist Playbook?
By Jin Kai
Why, at this particular moment, is Washington so persistently intent on fighting China, especially the so-called “evil” communist regime?
![China Thinks Cooperation With the US Is ‘Unstoppable.’ It’s a Dangerous Assumption. China Thinks Cooperation With the US Is ‘Unstoppable.’ It’s a Dangerous Assumption.](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-02_19-25-25.jpg)
China Thinks Cooperation With the US Is ‘Unstoppable.’ It’s a Dangerous Assumption.
By Shannon Tiezzi
Buoyed by a sense of historical inevitability, Beijing insists it has no responsibility for fraying ties with Washington.
![The US ‘New Cold War’ Battle Cry in the South China Sea The US ‘New Cold War’ Battle Cry in the South China Sea](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-21.png)
The US ‘New Cold War’ Battle Cry in the South China Sea
By Chen Xiangmiao
Stepped-up U.S. aggression against China has been especially notable in the South China Sea.
![Hong Kong Is the First Casualty of the New Cold War Hong Kong Is the First Casualty of the New Cold War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-05-25-1.jpg)
Hong Kong Is the First Casualty of the New Cold War
By Brian Wong
Hong Kong – the first battleground where East meets West – has already been drastically changed.
![Chinese Government-Paid Scientists Plead Guilty to Stealing Research From an American Children’s Hospital Chinese Government-Paid Scientists Plead Guilty to Stealing Research From an American Children’s Hospital](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-22-1.jpg)
Chinese Government-Paid Scientists Plead Guilty to Stealing Research From an American Children’s Hospital
By Bonnie Girard
The same week, hundreds of NGOs urged the U.S. attorney general to designate the Chinese Communist Party a “transnational criminal organization.”
![Trump Administration Targets ByteDance and Tencent Trump Administration Targets ByteDance and Tencent](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-01-7.jpg)
Trump Administration Targets ByteDance and Tencent
By Shea Cotton
In new executive orders, the Trump administration has taken aim at Chinese companies ByteDance and Tencent -- but the details are yet to be fully outlined.
![Lebanon Looks to China as US, Arabs Refuse to Help in Crisis Lebanon Looks to China as US, Arabs Refuse to Help in Crisis](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-15-9.jpg)
Lebanon Looks to China as US, Arabs Refuse to Help in Crisis
By Associated Press
Struggling with an economic catastrophe, Lebanon is the latest country to be caught up U.S.-China tensions.
![The US-China Cold War Has Already Started The US-China Cold War Has Already Started](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-08-3.jpg)
The US-China Cold War Has Already Started
By Alan Dupont
The clashing geopolitical ambitions of the two states are fueling a rivalry that could be even more dangerous and consequential than the original Cold War.
![Who Is Winning the US-China Power Battle? Who Is Winning the US-China Power Battle?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-24-2.jpg)
Who Is Winning the US-China Power Battle?
By Monish Tourangbam and Anand. V
A global pandemic has, in a matter of months, changed the discourse on global order and U.S.-China great power competition.
![A US-China Détente in 2021: A Word of Caution A US-China Détente in 2021: A Word of Caution](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-04-05_18-29-36.jpg)
A US-China Détente in 2021: A Word of Caution
By Maxime Chervaux
Trump’s China policy is about domestic politics, and it has shown some successes.
![Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War? Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-24415295558_d4019c3cb4_b.jpg)
Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War?
By Matt Ferchen and Hanns W. Maull
Leaders on both sides are taking a more confrontational line, but are the people willing to go along?