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Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the Western response has for good reason caused people to re-examine

the state and trajectory of U.S.-China relations. Over the past decade, that relationship has

grown ever more tense with hawkish forces rising on both sides

of the Pacific. Meanwhile, China's exports have continued to boom. Much of those exports being sold

to the U.S., whose purchasing power has been heavily subsidized by China's purchase of U.S.

Treasuries in ever-growing quantities. As a result, China is not only

heavily subsidizing American consumption, but also its military power. With the invasion of Ukraine,

China has stood by Russia, raising concerns over what sort of precedent this could all set

for a conflict in the Pacific.

And so while geopolitical and trade conflicts between the U.S. and China continue to intensify,

so does the entanglement of the U.S. and Chinese economies.

The contradictions, in other words, are heightening.

A lot is on the line, including the capacity of the world to confront climate change if its two largest economies are in conflict, or even in the worst-case scenario, at war.

Today is part one of my two-part interview with sociologist Ho Feng-Hung, the author of the book,

The China Boom, Why China

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