It didn’t have to end this way, but the die is now cast. After 48 years of painstaking progress, a major rupture of the US-China relationship is at hand. This is a tragic outcome for both sides – and for the world. From an unnecessary trade war to an increasingly desperate coronavirus war, two angry countries are trapped in a blame game with no easy way out.

The economic impact of COVID-19 cannot be understated. The longer the pandemic lasts, the worse our chances for quick recovery.

China is neither the former Soviet Union, nor intent on becoming the next America.

Running parallel to the global battle against the coronavirus pandemic is a tug of war between two competing narratives about how the world ought to be governed

The coronavirus does not respect national borders, and neither should our compassion. We must strive to defeat this cunning, common adversary together with wisdom and cooperation.

The impact of the pandemic on China and other countries will linger long after it ends. It will lead to a dramatic reshaping of the global landscape of supply and industrial chains and the entire order of world trade. The process has already begun.

America’s credibility is undermined when its chief diplomat makes harsh claims without evidence. He should either disclose his sources or wait for the UN investigation.

A lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court by the state of Missouri is just another political diversion designed to divert attention from Trump’s incompetent response to the coronavirus threat.

An ideological competition has sprung from pandemic, and the space for the two sides to compromise and collaborate has narrowed rapidly. The two countries appear to be entering a lose-lose war in which the entire international community will suffer.