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Tensions rise between USA and China: Is it a new Cold War?

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July 30, 2020

Consulate closures. Trade war. Military manoeuvres. Tensions continue to rise between the superpowers USA and China. Is it the beginning of a new Cold War? Guests: Qian Sun (freelance journalist), Daniel Hamilton (Johns Hopkins University) and Mareike Ohlberg (sinologist)

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Chen Sun, who is a freelance journalist from China. And she argues that: "Cold War is an American narrative and the current tensions are the expression of a dysfunctional world order." 

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Mareike Ohlberg is with the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund. She believes that: "Transatlantic cooperation on China is key. And for it to work, both sides of the Atlantic need to adjust their China strategy." 

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Daniel Hamilton from Johns Hopkins University. An academic and former diplomat, Dan thinks: "The competition isn’t China vs America: it’s authoritarianism vs. democracy." 
 

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