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US-China Relationship Entering a Danger Zone

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US-China Relationship Entering a Danger Zone
Trucks prepare to haul shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Calif., on Sept. 18, 2018. Mario Tama/Getty Images
He Qinglian
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When people believed the 14-monthslong U.S.–China trade negotiations were finally drawing to a satisfactory close, Beijing made a surprising move to backtrack on all major agreements, to the great annoyance of Washington. In addition to the ensuing tariff increase, the overall U.S.–China bilateral relationship is also heading toward a danger zone.

He Qinglian
He Qinglian
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He Qinglian is a prominent Chinese author and economist. Currently based in the United States, she authored “China’s Pitfalls,” which concerns corruption in China’s economic reform of the 1990s, and “The Fog of Censorship: Media Control in China,” which addresses the manipulation and restriction of the press. She regularly writes on contemporary Chinese social and economic issues.
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