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What does the "new Cold War" with China even mean?
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What does the "new Cold War" with China even mean?

Talking specifics is much better

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Matthew Yglesias
Jul 22, 2021
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Since the Cold War with the Soviet Union was the last major bout of geopolitical rivalry that the United States was involved with, it’s natural that people default to discussing the U.S.-China relationship in those terms.

But every time I read a take like Bernie Sanders saying “don’t start another cold war” with C…

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