April 19, 2016

"With relations between the US and China said to be at their lowest ebb in 15 years, the challenges facing the next US president are laid bare by a research project that aims to shatter myths about the Asian giant.

The US and China have shown they can cooperate on issues such as climate change, but the relationship has taken a hit recently, notably over Beijing’s military expansion in the South China Sea. The rhetoric of election candidates such as Donald Trump over trade, and China’s economic slowdown, have added to the strain.

Whoever takes over from Barack Obama after the November election must contend with a backdrop of anxiety among politicians and analysts that China is destined to usurp the US as the world’s biggest economy and ultimately as its rival diplomatic and military superpower."

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