(Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)Is a new Cold War looming — or already present — between the United States and China? The historical backdrops of the two relationships are very differentWhen the Cold War began, the U.S.-Soviet relationship was fragile and tenuous. Concerns that the other superpower might use force and that crises could quickly escalate colored Cold War politics. Unlike the Cold War, however, U.S.-Chinese confrontations occur at sea with relatively limited forces and without clear territorial boundaries. The Cold War had just two major powersThe Cold War took place in a bipolar system, with the United States and Soviet Union uniquely powerful, compared with other nations.

Source: Washington Post February 08, 2019 11:02 UTC