A new Cold War? Rising tensions between the US and China
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
It came following the inauguration of China’s President Xi Jinping’s precedent-setting third term in office, where he called for the country to modernise its military to make it a "Great Wall of Steel".
On the Sky News Daily, Sally Lockwood is joined by our US correspondent Mark Stone, and Asia correspondent Helen-Ann Smith, to explore the rising tensions between the superpowers, and if the US-China relationship has any hope of cooling off soon.
Producer: Rosie Gillott
Interviews Producer: Alex Edden
Editors: Philly Beaumont and Paul Stanworth
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