A leaked photo shows a confrontation between the USS Decatur and a Chinese navy warship in South China Sea on 30 September. Photograph: US navy/gcaptain.com
Julian Borger in Washington Lily Kuo in Beijing, The Guardian: US-China tensions soar as 'new cold war' heats up
Rivalry escalates amid concerns over trade, as warships nearly collide and an FBI trap angers Beijing
The US and China have shrugged off rules and constraints that have kept their 21st-century global rivalry in check, opening the way for an escalating conflict on many fronts that neither side appears willing or able to stop.
Chinese officials have accused Washington of starting a new cold war, but the jostling between the two powers has already shown its potential to turn hot through accident or miscalculation, if action is not taken to defuse tensions.
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WNU Editor: The trade war is what is driving U.S. - Chinese tension right now, and it will get worse when U.S. tariffs are fully implemented. Here is an easy prediction .... 2019 is going to be worse.
