Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
The rivalry between China and the United States has become the most important relationship of the 21st century. It is not only an economic race: it sets two political models, two technological ambitions and two visions of world order against each other.
After the Cold War, the United States seemed to have no serious rival. China's lightning rise changed that. Some researchers now speak of the Thucydides Trap: the situation, seen several times in history, in which a rising power threatens to overtake an established one, and confrontation becomes almost impossible to avoid.
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- 2From isolation to the factory of the world
- 3Trade war, technology war
- 4Taiwan and the China Sea
- 5Two models, one world
Open-book quiz9 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary7 terms explained in a tap.
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